WASHINGTON, DC 0(WTVA) _ The U. S. Senate has passed a bill to rename the Noxubee National Wildlife.
Sen. Thad Cochran and Rep. Gregg Harper sponsored the bill to name the refuge for the late Sam D. Hamilton.
Hamilton was a Starkville native and former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
He died in February of 2010.
The bill now goes to President Barack Obama.
