Salt Lake City (AP) – A veteran U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administrator is President Barack Obama’s nominee to head up the agency. Sam D. Hamilton is director of the agency’s Southeast Region, based in Atlanta, which covers 10 states and the Caribbean. Hamilton, a 30-year veteran of the Fish and Wildlife Service, has been […]
Obama taps Fish and Wildlife veteran for agency
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