ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi is naming a stretch of land in the south Delta in honor of the two-term governor who is leaving office in January.
Officials gathered Wednesday to dedicate the Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Area.
The 18,000-acre (7,285-hectare) site is made up of bayous, cypress sloughs, and bottomland hardwoods. It is in Warren and Issaquena counties.
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Director Sam Polles says the area is divided into four tracts that will offer different types of hunting, including group hunts in a primitive setting.
The department worked with the Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to buy the land in 2018 from Anderson-Tully Company.
Republican Bryant said during the dedication ceremony that he looks forward to bringing his grandchildren hunting on the land.
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