MEREDITH RUSSO, BEAUFORT

WHY - I hope to be able to serve as a small cog in the SC conservation wheel by giving my time and talents such as they are, to the organization to facilitate important advocacy for legislation and programs that the SCWF is championing.  I also hope to further my own education about the wildlife of this state and the legislative process that works to protect it.

BIO - My love of nature comes to me from generations on my mother’s side of my family who were all avid birders and lovers of the outdoors.  From hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire to canoeing the rivers and lakes and swimming in the coastal waters of New England, these were every one, advocates for the beauty and thrill of the natural world around them.  It therefore was no surprise that these pursuits were in my blood and always on my agenda.  I have always loved diving into the biggest surf I could find off the RI -or Florida for that matter – coastal beaches to winter hiking and camping in the mountains of Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  I have a deep fascination and reverence for wild places, plants and animals of all kinds.  This is what excites me about the opportunity to sit on the board of the South Carolina Wildlife Federation.