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Lincoln County
 Worked with Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) to establish
the National Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative (2002).
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 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 2 landowners that resulted in 25 acres of
food plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (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 82 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (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
(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 5 landowners that resulted in 73 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (2000). |
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Restored 18 acres of bottomland hardwoods in partnership with Fratesi
Nursery with 14 landowners that will provide habitat for a diversity
of wildlife (2001). |
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Writing a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in the
Daily Leader to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999). |
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Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat)
to 3 landowners that resulted in 34 acres of food plots to benefit
a diversity of wildlife (1999). |
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