Cliff Covington
Cliff Covington
Cliff Covington is employed by the Mississippi State University Extension Service as an Area Livestock Agent serving Southwest Mississippi. Cliff is responsible for developing and implementing educational programs in agriculture and natural resources. A1988 graduate of Mississippi State University, Cliff holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science.
An active member of both the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association (SEOPA) and the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA), Cliff is the outdoor columnist for the Port Gibson Reveille and a free-lance writer and photographer with hundreds of articles published in numerous outdoor magazines. Cliff has received over 200 communication awards, including the prestigious Mississippi Wildlife Federation Conservation Communicator of the Year Award and the SEOPA Sharon Rushton Excellence in Craft Award. In 1998, Cliff was named the Mississippi Bowhunter of the Year by the Mississippi Bowhunters Association. In addition, Cliff was named State Communicator of the Year a total of 8 times by the Mississippi Association of County Agricultural Agents and was recently awarded the Outstanding Area Extension Agent Award.
Cliff’s personal life also reflects his commitment to the conservation of our natural resources and our hunting heritage. He is a life member of the Quality Deer Management Association, the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, the Mississippi Bowhunters Association, and the Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association. In addition, he is a member of Quail Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Farm Bureau. Cliff is also a Licensed Nuisance Alligator Trapping Agent and a veteran Hunter Education Instructor for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Cliff presently serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations including: the Catch-A-Dream Foundation, the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, and the Mississippi Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. He also serves on the committees that created the Magnolia White-tailed Deer Records Program and the Mississippi Quality Deer Management Association.
A Mississippi native, Cliff and his wife, Angela, make their home in Port Gibson, Mississippi where they run a herd of commercial beef cattle on their family’s Spanish land-grant plantation.
