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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2017
Governor Mary Fallin Fills Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission Vacancy
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin
today announced the appointment of James Barwick to the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission.
Barwick, of Edmond, is an assistant
state attorney general and will retire from that position before beginning his
term on the Wildlife Commission. His appointment still must be confirmed by the
Oklahoma Senate. Barwick will replace Ed Abel.
As an assistant state attorney
general, Barwick served as general counsel to the Oklahoma Department of
Wildlife Conservation for more than 12 years. In this capacity, he has attended
more than 100 Wildlife Commission meetings.
He is an
avid sportsman and an active lifetime member of the NRA, Pope
& Young Club, the Bowhunting Council of Oklahoma (BCO) and Safari Club International (SCI), where he served as a former
director of the Oklahoma Station.
“In addition to being an outdoor enthusiast, Jim intricately knows the rules and regulations of the Wildlife Commission and has
a vast working knowledge of the Wildlife Department’s activities,” said Fallin.
Barwick has
hunted all over the world with numerous animals making the record books of SCI,
Pope & Young, Rowland Ward and Cy Curtis. He has achieved the Super 10 by
taking at least one animal of each of the 10 main categories (bears, cats,
deer, elk, caribou, moose, bison/musk ox, goat, antelope and sheep) of North
American big game.
He also is a six-time BCO State Archery Champion
(traditional class) and winner of four gold medals and four silver medals in
archery for the Sooner State Games.
“I look forward to serving on the
Wildlife Commission and continue working on wildlife issues,” Barwick said. “My
experience of working with the commission will help me oversee the state’s hunting
and fishing regulations.”
After graduating from Oklahoma City University’s law
school, Barwick started his career in public service as an associate general counsel
with the Oklahoma Department of Securities and then went into private practice,
joining the Reynolds, Ridings & Hargis law firm. He then began a corporate
legal career that spanned more than 22 years and served on the executive team
of many well-known Oklahoma companies, including LSB Industries, Inc.,
Scrivner, Inc., Fleming Companies, Inc. and Kerr-McGee Corp.
The eight-member Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the
Senate. Members serve in an unpaid capacity as the department's advisory,
administrative and policy-making body.
Barwick and his wife, Brenda, live
in Edmond. His two daughters are both Oklahoma lifetime hunting/fishing license
holders.
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 James Barwick
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