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Jackson County
 Provided a Physically Challenged Shooting House
to the Pascagoula Wildlife Management Area (2002).
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 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 1 landowner that resulted in 22 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2002). |
 Worked with Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) to establish
the National Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative (2002). |
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 Worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service
to establish a practice through the Environmental Quality Incentives
Program to cost-share with landowners at a rate of up to $300/acre
for cogongrass control (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 12 landowners that resulted in 203 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2001).
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Donated seed to plant 10 acres of soybean food plots and 20 acres
of grain sorghum food plots on Pascagoula Wildlife Management Area
(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 13
landowners that resulted in 212 acres of food plots to benefit a
diversity of wildlife (2000). |
Writing a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in the
Record Independent to educate people about conservation (Began in
1999). |
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Wrote a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in the
Mississippi Press to educate people about conservation (1998 - 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
(1999). |
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Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat)
to 4 landowners that resulted in 141 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (1999). |
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