Lower/Middle Mississippi River representative will coordinate with key partners and community leaders to focus on furthering policy priorities in the region, including the advancement of improved water and habitat management projects

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announced today the addition of Ryan DuLaney, who will serve as the organization’s Lower/Middle Mississippi River representative. This position will help increase TRCP’s conservation work farther upriver from a long-time intensive focus on Mississippi River Delta issues, to include focus chiefly within western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, and northern Mississippi to ensure that TRCP achieves its mission to guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish.

DuLaney, a Certified Wildlife Biologist, will collaborate with partner nonprofits, community leaders, and decisionmakers to further TRCP’s policy priorities in this region, including working with organizations seeking to advance improved water and habitat management projects in the Middle/Lower Mississippi River Basin. Efforts will focus on meeting with state and federal officials, including lawmakers and agency staff, and identifying engaged hunters, anglers, landowners, and social media influencers interested in improving water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and recreational access in the basin.

“I am deeply passionate about conserving wildlife habitat and expanding access for hunters and anglers, values central to TRCP’s work in the Mississippi River Basin,” said Ryan DuLaney, Lower/Middle Mississippi River representative for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. “I look forward to the opportunity to bring my skills and relationships to advance collaborative conservation solutions across Tennessee, Arkansas, and the broader region.”

DuLaney’s past experience has equipped him to engage a broad spectrum of stakeholders—from private landowners and sporting groups to agency staff and elected officials—by building relationships and securing support for conservation priorities. He previously served as general manager at Grindle Slough Farms in eastern Arkansas, where he led habitat restoration efforts and managed a comprehensive waterfowl hunting program on 1,400 acres for Turner Enterprises, Inc. for a decade. He also has partnered with conservation-minded landowners across the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, overseeing the acquisition, restoration, and development of high-quality waterfowl hunting properties, and has contributed support for waterfowl research and recruitment and retention initiatives.

To learn more about TRCP’s work to date on Lower Mississippi River issues, visit https://www.trcp.org/restoring-the-mississippi-river-delta.