"John Jackson is the world's foremost authority and most effective advocate of hunting-based sustainable use conservation"
-Don Causey, Editor and Publisher The Hunting Report

Wildlife attorney and sport hunting advocate, spokesman and outdoor writer; 19th Past President of Safari Club International; past Chairman of both SCI's Governmental Affairs and Renewable Wildlife Resources Committee who initiated and led most of Safari Club International's Renewable Wildlife Resources Committee and Governmental Affairs programs and victories for nearly a decade. Member of the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group, African Lion Working Group, Deer Specialist Group and Species Survival Commission, Vice Chair of CIC Tropical Game Commission and President of Commission on Sustainable Use of CIC, Board Member of SCI, Board Member of International Foundation for Conservation of Wildlife, Past President of The Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Foundation, etc. Life Member of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS), the Dallas Safari Club, Safari Club International, and The Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa (PHASA), Free Hunters Club of NRA, International Hunter Education Association, Wildlife Management Institute, International Professional Hunters Association, Grand Slam/OVIS, and International Hunters Education Association.

Legal Education:

Loyola University 1973, graduated Juris Doctor Law Review. Served as editor of Loyola Law Review. Law Review articles on “Federal Injunction Process and Procedures.”

Legal Memberships:

United States Supreme Court
District of Columbia Bar Association
District of Columbia Federal Court of Appeals
Louisiana Supreme Court
All Federal District Courts in the State of Louisiana
Federal Bar Association (National, District of Columbia, and Louisiana)
Jefferson Parish Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
United States Tax Court
Tenth Circuit Federal Court Appeals
Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals

Wildlife Related Legal Memberships:

Member of International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Legal Committee
Environmental Law Commission of IUCN
District of Columbia and Louisiana Bar Association Committees on Natural Resource & Environmental Laws
Member of the Natural Resource, The Foreign Trade and the Environmental Law Sections of the relevant bar associations

Officer or Board Member of Conservation-Related Organizations:

Chairman and President, Conservation Force (international consortium of 100 sportsmens’ conservation organizations)
Past President and Current Board Member of Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation
President of Sustainable Use Commission including Pro Chasse Task Force and Executive Committee Member of CIC (International Council of Game and Wildlife Conservation in Budapest)
Vice President of Tropical Game Commission of CIC
Board Member, International Foundation for the Conservation of Wildlife (Paris)
Board Member, Safari Club International
Council Member, Past Presidents Council of Safari Club International
Board Member, Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Treasurer and Board Member of Cullman-Hurt Community Wildlife Trust, Tanzania
Member of ADMADE College Advisory Council, Zambia
Founding Member of American Wildlife Conservation Partners (AWCP)

Conservation-Related Organizational leadership and Memberships:

Life Member, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
(serve on five committees – Legal, Sustainable Use, International Affairs, Endangered Species and Policy)
Life Member, African Professional Hunters Association
Life Member, International Professional Hunters Association
Life Member of Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA)
Life Member of Faro Moro Exo Research, on Jaguar Conservation Program Committee
Life Member, Dallas Safari Club
Life Member, Houston Safari Club
Life Member, Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS)
Life Member, Past President and current Board member of Safari Club International, Past Chairman of Safari Club International Governmental Affairs and Conservation Committees
Member of numerous SCI Chapters including Louisiana, Central Louisiana Bayou Chapter, Alabama, Mississippi and Detroit.
Life Member, Foundation for North American Big Game
Sponsoring Member, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
Life Member of International Professional Hunters Association
Life Member of Louisiana Legislative Sportsmens’ Caucus
Life Member of Free Hunters Club of NRA
Life Member of International Hunters Education Association
Life Member of Grand Slam Club / OVIS
Life Member of Houston Safari Club
Life Member of Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
"Observer" status of CITES, CITES Animals Committee and U.N.
Founding member of Eco-Tourism Society
Member, World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Member, African Safari Club of Florida
Member, African Lion Working Group (ALWG)
Member, Wildlife Conservation Society
Member, National and Louisiana Wildlife Federations
Member, African Wildlife Foundation
Member, IUCN Environmental Law Commission
Member, IUCN Species Survival Commission
Member, IUCN Sustainable Use Specialist Group
Member, Ducks Unlimited
Member, GAMECOIN International
Member, The Nature Conservancy
Member, Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA)
Member, Outdoor Writers Association of Louisiana
Member, National Taxidermists Association (NTA)
Member, International Sheep Hunters Association (ISHA)
Member, The Wildlife Society
Member, Zimbabwe Professional Hunters Association
Member, Texas Wildlife Association
Member, National Wild Turkey Federation
Member, U. S. Sportsmens Alliance
Member, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Member, Exotic Wildlife Association
Member, Ruffed Grouse Society
Member, Pronghorn Foundation
Member, Quail Unlimited
Member, The Alberta Fish and Game Association
Member, British Columbia Guide and Outfitters Association
Member, British Columbia Wildlife Federation
Member, Yukon Outfitters and Guides Association
Member, Aldo Leopold Foundation
Member, Ballot Issues Coalition
Member, Bear Trust International
Member, La. Black Bear Conservation Committee
Member, Buckmasters
Member, Chamber of Wildlife
Member, Christian Sportsmen's Fellowship
Member, International Ecotourism Society
Member, International Sheep Hunters Association (ISHA)
Member, Mule Deer Foundation
Member, Namibia Professional Hunters Association (serve on Predator and Black-faced Impala Committees)
Member, North American Moose Foundation
Member, North American Pronghorn Foundation
Member, Rocky Mountain Goat Foundation
Member, Wildlife Forever
Member, North American Hunting Club
Member, National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)
Associate Member, Boone and Crockett Club
Member, NRA
Member, British Countryside Alliance
Member, Deer Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC) and Eld’s Deer Task Force
Member, Antelope Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC)
Member, Cheetah Conservation Fund
Trustee of Louisiana Wildlife Federation Endowment Fund
Member, Louisiana Association of Professional Biologists
Member, Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA)
Member, Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA)
Member, Federal Lands Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting Sports Roundtable
Member, Polar Bears International (PBI)

Speaking Engagements:

The Legally Structured Role of Hunting in the U.S. and Abroad
Presentation at the Fifth Annual Animal Law Section of the Texas Bar Association
Austin, Texas, April, 2005

The Role of Hunting Today - In the Blood
International Film Festival, Missoula, Montana - September 2004

Positive Developments
Speech at Grand Opening of FNAWS Convention
Reno, January 2003

Keynote Dinner Speech, Camp Fires Club of America
2002, New York

The Sportsman’s Role in Hunting, Threats To That Role, and What It Means to You
Trans Texas Heritage Association Annual Conference,
May 18, 2002, Alpine, Texas

Men’s Luncheon Speech FNAWS Convention 2001

Texas Taxidermists Association Annual Convention Keynote Address
2001, San Antonio, Texas

Update on Current Legal Issues Regarding Nonresident hunting and Fishing Privileges
Southeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Annual Conference,
2001, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2nd Annual International Professional Hunters Association First Shot Book Event
January 18-19, 2000, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Harvey Hotel

Be Proud - Keynote address
70th Conference of the Alberta Fish and Game Association

Feb 26, 2000, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Image-Building for Acceptance and Recruitment
Canadian Outdoor Writers Association,
June 1, 2000, Montreal, Canada

We Have Reason To Celebrate
Premier’s Symposium on North America’s Hunting Heritage
August 25, 2000, Ottawa, Canada

The Phenomenal Growth and Significance of Big Game Hunting
2nd World Conservation Trust Symposium on the Sustainable Use of Wildlife Resources
November 1999, Chendgu, China

Anti-hunting in the Next Millennium
B.C. Wildlife Federation, November 17, 1999, British Columbia, Canada

The Exalted and Exceptional Importance of Big Game hunting in the 1990s
Governor’s Hunting Heritage Conference
August 1998, Hershey, Pennsylvania

The Role of Sport Hunting in North America and Around The Globe
Report of the Proceedings Symposium on the Sustainable Use of Wildlife Resources
February 1997, Bali, Indonesia

The Role of Sport Hunting in North America and Around The Globe
Opening Speaker of Eco-World Congress
September 1997, Republic of South Africa

Spokesman at Grand Opening Ceremony of the new permanent Sensory Safari installation
November 12, 1996, Louisiana State School for the Blind , Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Periodic Lectures at Senior Wildlife Policy & Law Enforcement Classes
1996-2002, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

An International Perspective on Trophy Hunting
Planning and Assessment for Wildlife Management, IUCN Workshop 1993
Published, 1997, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

A Tourist's Perspective of Tanzania's Hunting Industry
Planning and Assessment for Wildlife Management, IUCN Workshop 1993
Published, 1997, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

African Experience:

Have been to Africa more than 100 times. Thirty-four were hunting safaris. Most trips were wildlife conservation meetings. Examples include Panel speaker for Workshop on Planning and Assessment for Wildlife Management, Tanzania 1993; Panel speaker for AMADE Workshop, 1994, Zambia; and Opening speaker for the World Eco-Congress, RSA, 1996. Attended All of Africa Conference in Washington, D.C.

Past and Present Legal Clients Include:

Louisiana Tarpon Club
New City Limits Tarpon Club
Safari Club International
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS)
International Professional Hunters Association (IPHA)
Republic of Mongolia
Republic of Namibia
Country of Kyrgyzstan
Dallas Safari Club International
Houston Safari Club International
African Safari Club of Florida
Louisiana Chapter Safari Club International
South Africa Professional Hunters Association
Yukon Outfitters Association
International Game Foundation (IGF)
International Council on Game and Wildlife Management Conservation (CIC)
Grand Slam Club/Ovis
National Taxidermists Association

Special Awards
 

The Conservationists of the Year Award
NAPHA, 2007

Ox of Okavango Award
Africa Professional Hunters Association, 2006
Recognition Award
Grand Slam/OVIS, 2005

Conklin Conservation Commendation
Conklin Foundation, January 2004

Excellence In Advocacy of Our Hunting Heritage Award
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, 2003

Recognition Award
International Professional Hunters Association

Wildlife Utilization Award
Professional Hunters Association of South Africa, 1995

Special Recognition Award
Safari Club International, 1994

Outstanding Member of the Year Award
Safari Club International, 1992

Outdoor Writing

World Conservation Force Bulletin - Editor and Writer for ten years.
Big Game Adventures - Department Editor - numerous articles, book chapters, and writing contributions. Full-time member of Outdoor Writers Association of America.