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Prewitt, Jr., Wiley C. r2WPadmin2018-05-23T19:57:35+00:00

Wiley C. Prewitt, Jr.

This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.

Cook, Fannye

Born in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, in 1889, Francis Addine “Fannye” Cook led a remarkable life of wildlife conservation and public…

Environment

Mississippi is rural, with a large proportion of its human population occupied in primary production. Thus, it is no surprise…

Fishing

Fishing has always provided sustenance and recreation to the native peoples of what would become Mississippi and to the Europeans…

Hunting

People have hunted in what is now Mississippi for at least the past twelve thousand years. Some of the earliest…

Trapping

Aside from foodstuffs, peltry was perhaps one of the earliest and most common mediums of exchange between Native Americans and…

Turcotte, William H.

William Henry Turcotte first learned to appreciate wildlife while hunting and fishing with his father and older brother in the…

Turkeys and Turkey Hunting

Both wildlife biologists and hunters consider the resurgence of Mississippi’s wild turkey population one of the most dramatic conservation successes…

Waterfowl and Duck and Goose Hunting

With extensive river systems, marshes on the Gulf Coast, and a location in the heart of the flyway, Mississippi has…

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