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Jefferson County
 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 4 landowners that resulted in 166 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 26 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2001).
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 Established
a perpetual conservation easement in 1,320 acres of bottomland
hardwoods along the Mississippi River in partnership with the
Mississippi Land Trust (2001).
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Restored
517 acres of bottomland hardwoods with 9 landowners that will provide
habitat for a diversity of wildlife (2001). |
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, 5,335
acres of wetlands have been restored through the Wetland Reserve
Program in Jefferson 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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Provided 5 wood duck boxes to enhance 10 acres and 5 bluebird boxes
to enhance 5 acres with 1 landowners that will provide habitat for
a diversity of cavity nesting birds (2000). |
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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