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Marion County
 Conducted a Dove Coo Count (2002). |
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Planted 126 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 8 landowners that resulted in 65 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 6 landowners that resulted in 77 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 Bill Waller that
will provide habitat for a diversity of cavity nesting birds (2001). |
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Provided 8 bird boxes to enhance 8 acres at Lake Columbia that will
provide habitat for a diversity of cavity nesting birds (2001). |
 Provided
a Physically Challenged Shooting House to the Marion County Wildlife
Management Area (2000). |
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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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low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 3 landowners
that resulted in 19 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, 829 acres
of wetlands have been restored through the Wetland Reserve Program
in Marion 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). |
 Writing
a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in The Columbian-Progress
to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999). |
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