The Ornithological Council has sent a letter to Martha Williams, congratulating her on her appointment as Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

That letter included the OC’s recommendations for the new administration.

Williams began her career as an  attorney for Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, then served as Deputy Solicitor Parks and Wildlife at the Department of the Interior and worked as a professor at the Blewett School of Law at the University of Montana. Most recently, she was Director of Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Read the press release from the Department of the Interior, announcing William’s appointment, here.