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Lamar County
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 Conducted a Dove Coo Count (2002). |
 Assisted with the prescribed burning approximately
175 acres of longleaf pine that will provide habitat for a diversity
of fish, wildlife and plants (2002).
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Planted 62 acres of longleaf pine that will provide
habitat for a diversity of fish, wildlife and plants (2002). |
| Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 5 landowners that resulted in 253 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).
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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 7 landowners that resulted in 423 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (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 3 landowners
that resulted in 241 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity
of wildlife (2000). |
 Writing
a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in the Lamar
Times to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999). |
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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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