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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 3 landowners that resulted in 70 acres of
food plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2002). 
Provided 8
bird boxes to enhance 8 acres at Homochitto National Forest that
will provide habitat for a diversity of cavity nesting birds (2001).
Donated 1 decoy
deer to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and
Parks to help curtail the poaching of whitetail deer (1998).
