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Amite County
 
Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat)
to 5 landowners that resulted in 111 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (2002). |
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 Worked with Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)
to establish the National Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative
(2002). |
Working with the White House and the United States Congress on the
Conservation Title of the 2002 Farm Bill. It will reauthorize and
fund programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program, Environmental
Quality Incentives Program, Wetland Reserve Program and the Wildlife
Habitat Incentives Program (2002). |
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Provided
low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 2 landowners
that resulted in 27 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (2001). |
Worked with Senators
Trent Lott (R-MS), Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) to provide
an additional $12.5 million for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives
Program. In 1996, Senator Cochran introduced an amendment to the
1996 Farm Bill authorizing  and
funding the program. To date, it has utilized $62.5 million to enroll
approximately 1,750,000 acres utilizing approximately 10,750 long-term
agreements. Landowners and partners contributed an additional $37.5
million toward the program. Mississippi has received $2.7 million
in funding and ranks #2 in the nation in funding from the Wildlife
Habitat Incentives Program. This program has enhanced and restored
38,309 acres of fish and wildlife habitat throughout Mississippi's
82 counties (2000). |
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Provided
low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 1 landowner
that resulted in 5 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (2000). |
 Donated
1 decoy deer to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries
and Parks to help curtail the poaching of whitetail deer (1999). |
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Provided
low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 1 landowner
that resulted in 3 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (1999). |
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