Mississippi native receives presidential appointment to the North American Wetland Conservation Council

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – President Joe Biden’s Administration appointed a Mississippi native to work on the North American Wetlands Conservation Council and assist protect America’s wetlands.

“By no means in 1,000,000 years did I feel, you recognize, time in a duck blind, time in a ship, time with my dad would have resulted in what we see as we speak,” Alex Littlejohn mentioned.

Mississippi is thought for its huge bio-diversity and ample pure wetlands that outdoorsmen from all around the nation come to discover. Alex Littlejohn is a type of sportsmen.

“It was simply a simple factor for my dad to pack me up within the jeep, and off to the delta we went for deer looking. We fished; we did, you recognize, we did all of it, however I don’t know. I at all times felt a connection to duck looking,” Littlejohn mentioned.

Now, the Oxford native and Mississippi State alum will assist defend these wetlands.

“U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by NAWCC points two grant cycles yearly. They name a small grant a bigger grant, and thru these grant cycles, tasks are awarded that look to guard or restore important wetland habitats,” Littlejohn defined.

For a number of years, Littlejohn has been the State Director of the Nature Conservancy, the place he’s helped defend and protect Mississippi’s numerous wetlands. Together with his appointment to the Conservation Council, he’ll be protecting habitats all around the nation.

“NAWCC performs a really massive position and certain has been one of the profitable applications ever enacted by Congress or conservation. They’ve had a $6 billion affect by NAWCC. That’s actual cash and 31 million acres impacted, enhanced, restored, or protected,” Littlejohn mentioned.

Littlejohn mentioned it’s an amazing honor to symbolize Mississippi in such a means, and he hopes he can depart a long-lasting affect for many who benefit from the open air.

“If the appointment does make clear the affect which you could have, as a child from Mississippi, then I’ll take nice satisfaction in that. On the finish of the day, I simply contemplate myself a child from North Mississippi that that’s simply residing a dream, and completely having a ball doing it and having fun with it each step of the way in which,” Littlejohn mentioned.

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