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Issaquena County
 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 3 landowners that resulted in 155 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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Sponsored two workshops at Tara Wildlife on conservation easements
(2001).
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Donated seed
to plant 75 acres of grain sorghum food plots, 10 acres of soybean
food plots and 65 acres of corn food plots on MaHannah Wildlife
Management Area (2001).
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In cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service,
restored 1,310 acres of bottomland hardwoods with 1 landowner that
will provide habitat for rare and declining species, such as the
Louisiana Black Bear (2001). |
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Donated seed to plant 330 acres of soybean food plots and 65 acres
of grain sorghum food plots on MaHannah Wildlife Management Area
(2001). |
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Worked with Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), Trent Lott (R-MS) and
Herb Kohl (D-WI) to fund an additional 100,000 acres of  wetland
restoration through the Wetland Reserve Program. To date, 10,723
acres of wetlands have been restored through the Wetland Reserve
Program in Issaquena County. Nationwide, through this program, approximately
1,075,000 acres of wetlands have been restored. Mississippi has
restored over 100,000 acres of wetlands through the program, ranks
#1 in the nation in net gain of wetlands and ranks #2 in the nation
in the overall number of acres restored through the program (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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In coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hosted
briefing and assisted with a tour of bottomland hardwoods with Theodore
Roosevelt and Senator Thad cochran (1999). |
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