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Lawrence County
 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 4 landowners that resulted in 53 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 4 landowners that resulted in 42 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2001).
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Provided 8 bird boxes to enhance 8 acres at Lake Mary Crawford that
will provide habitat for a diversity of cavity nesting birds (2001). |
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Restored
1 acre of bottomland hardwoods in partnership with Fratesi Nursery
with 1 landowner that will provide habitat for a diversity of wildlife
(2001). |
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 4 landowners that resulted in 36 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (2000). |
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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,  67
acres of wetlands have been restored through the Wetland Reserve
Program in Lawrence 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 low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat)
to 2 landowners that resulted in 30 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (1999). |
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