In spite of budget cuts, continued problems with the BP oil spill and a plethora of other challenges, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham feels good about the Department's accomplishments during the year just ended and is optimistic about the opportunities for the agency in 2012.

We caught up with Barham earlier this week and asked him to assess LDWF's major accomplishments during 2011 and what he expects for the year just beginning.