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Forrest County
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 Donated 2,800 can goods as part of the Mississippi
Fish and Wildlife Foundation's "Hunt Against Hunger" program
to Hattiesburg Christian Services (2002). |
 Hosted the Third Annual Mississippi Fish and Wildlife
Expo that provided conservation information to people of all ages;
over 10,000 people attended the Expo (2002).
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 Gave a cogongrass presentation at the Gopher Tortoise
annual inspection at Camp Shelby (2002).
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Conducted a wildlife habitat management presentation
and a cogongrass presentation to a conservation class at the University
of Southern Mississippi (2002).
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 Worked with Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) to establish
the National Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative (2002). |
 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 6 landowners that resulted in 131 acres of
food plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2002). |
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Hosted the Annual Mississippi Bowhunter Challenge
at the Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Expo in Hattiesburg (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, soybean, sunflower and winter wheat) to 40
landowners that resulted in 404 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (2001).
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Donated 1200
can goods as part of Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation's
"Hunt Against Hunger" program to Christian Services
(2001).
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Hosted the First
Annual Mississippi Bowhunter Challenge at the Mississippi Fish
and Wildlife Expo on August 24-26, 2001, in Hattiesburg (2001).
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Hosted the
First Annual Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Expo that provided
conservation information to people of all ages; over 12,000 people
attended the Expo (2000).
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Provided low-cost
seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 12 landowners
that resulted in 247 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity
of wildlife (2000).
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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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Writing a column,
entitled "Conservation Corner" in the Lamar Times to
educate people about conservation (Began in 1999).
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Provided low-cost
seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 1 landowner
that resulted in 38 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity
of wildlife (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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