FEBRUARY 11, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Harvey new marine agent for Calhoun County
PORT LAVACA, TX — Dr. Bill Harvey will take up his duties as the new Texas Marine Advisory Service marine agent for Calhoun County on Monday, Feb. 14.
The Calhoun County Commissioners’ Court approved Harvey’s appointment in late January.
“We are really excited about having someone with his background and experience for our county,” said Calhoun County Judge Michael J. Pfeifer. “We’re looking forward to getting him here and working with him.”
Harvey recently retired from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department with 20 years of service. While there, he worked in the hatcheries, inland fisheries, resource protection and most recently coastal fisheries divisions, and also worked for five years for the TPWD’s Executive Director’s Office.
An accomplished photographer and native of Fort Worth, he holds a Ph.D. in wildlife and fisheries science from Texas A&M University and a master of public policy degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of the book Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans, which was published two years ago, and he has contracts for two other books on photography and fishing.
“I’m really interested in education, particularly both in natural resource education and in educational outreach for recreation, and in working with commercial fishermen and recreational anglers,” Harvey said. “What has impressed me the most is what a great group of (extension) agents are already there. The three agents who are there now are just really excited and dedicated to the work, and I think I’ll learn a lot from them.”
Harvey replaces John O’Connell, who resigned to take the marine agent post in Matagorda County in 2004 after serving as marine agent in Calhoun County for eight years.
The Marine Advisory Service is a cooperative effort of the Texas Sea Grant College Program at Texas A&M University, the Texas Cooperative Extension, and commissioners’ courts in participating counties. Its network of agents who are trained to deal with coastal and marine issues at the county level is patterned after the highly successful agricultural cooperative extension model.
Texas Sea Grant is a component of the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is one of a network of 31 university-based programs in coastal and Great Lakes states. Through a partnership of industry, government and higher education, Sea Grant sponsors and promotes programs aimed at the understanding, wise use and stewardship of the nation’s coastal and marine resources to develop and maintain a sustainable economy and a healthy environment.
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The Texas Sea Grant College Program is a partnership of university,
government and industry, focusing on marine research, education
and advisory services. Visit our web site at http://texas-sea-grant.tamu.edu
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