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FWC recognizes Amos Morris for 27
years' volunteer service
February 7, 2007
CONTACT: Stan Kirkland (850) 265-3676
Meeting in Sandestin today, the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recognized North Florida
native Amos Morris for his 27 years of volunteer service to the
Wildlife Alert Reward
Association.
Morris was one of 13 citizens appointed to
Wildlife Alert in 1979. The citizen group helped create ground
rules for reporting wildlife and fish law violations and how
tipsters could receive a reward.
Morris served as chairman of the association for
22 years.
Wildlife Alert is today one of the most
successful conservation-law-violation-reporting programs in the
country. FWC law enforcement officers have made more then 3,000
arrests and paid more than $300,000 to those who have reported
crimes since the program began.
FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto presented a
resolution to Morris on behalf of the Commission, calling him a
"true conservationist whose actions and accomplishments speak
louder than words.”
Morris is retired from the logging business. He
and his wife, Aline, live in North Florida. |
