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Jasper County
 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 5 landowners that resulted in 51 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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Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, soybean, sunflower and
winter wheat) to 1 landowner that resulted in 8 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (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 Tallahala
Wildlife Management Area (2001). |
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Working with Congressmen Chip Pickering (R-MS), Ronnie Shows (D-MS),
Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS),
as well as the Congressional  Sportsmen's
Caucus, The Nature Conservancy and the National Cattleman's Beef
Association, to develop a Grasslands Reserve Program. Mississippi
has two prairies, or grasslands as they are commonly called; one
is in Northeast Mississippi (the Black Prairie) and one is in South
Central Mississippi (the Jackson Prairie). The program, if passed
by Congress and signed into law by the President, will compensate
landowners for restoring native prairie (2001). |
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Donated
seed to plant 35 acres of soybean food plots and 175 acres of grain
sorghum food plots on Tallahala 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). |
 Writing
a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in the Jasper
County News to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999). |
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Provided
low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 2 landowners
that resulted in 68 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (1999). |
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