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Covington County
Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum,
sunflower and winter wheat) to 10 landowners that resulted in 124
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
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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
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Provided low-cost
seed (corn, sorghum, soybean, sunflower and winter wheat) to 8
landowners that resulted in 111 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (2001).
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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 6 landowners
that resulted in 89 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity
of wildlife (2000).
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Provided low-cost
seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 6 landowners
that resulted in 152 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity
of wildlife (1999).
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Writing a column,
entitled "Conservation Corner" in the News-Commercial
to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999).
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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 (1999).
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