Mississippi
Reeves names new head of Mississippi Wildlife department
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has promoted the interim govt director of the Mississippi Division of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to the submit completely.
Reeves introduced on Friday that former state Sen. Lynn Posey, who additionally had served on the Mississippi Public Service Fee, will proceed to guide the company he is been answerable for since February. Posey took up the interim submit with the retirement of Sam Polles, who led the division for practically 30 years.
“He’s lengthy been a supporter of out of doors and he’s accomplished an unbelievable quantity to additional conservation efforts within the nice state of Mississippi,” Reeves mentioned. “I’m assured in his management and I do know he’ll lead this group exceptionally nicely.”
Posey served within the state Senate from 1988 to 2007. Throughout that point, he was chairman of the Committee on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks for 16 years. He additionally helped create the Mississippi Sportsmen’s Caucus, establishing youth searching seasons and different laws.
“Out of doors recreation; searching, fishing and tenting, is what Mississippi is all about,” Posey mentioned. “Mississippi’s nice outside is necessary to all of us and to one of the best of my capability I’ll search to information this company in a solution to improve out of doors recreation alternatives and preserve our pure assets for future generations.”
Reeves additionally named former state Rep. Jim Beckett to guide the Mississippi Public Utilities Workers and Robert Morris III as district legal professional for the seventeenth Circuit Court docket District, which serves Desoto, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate and Yalobusha Counties.