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Benton County
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 Worked with Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) to establish
the National Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative (2002). |
Provided 8 bird boxes to enhance 8 acres at Holly Springs National
Forest that will provide habitat for a diversity of cavity nesting
birds (2001). |
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 Donated
1 decoy deer to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries
and Parks to help curtail the poaching of whitetail deer (2000). |
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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