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Perry 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 5 landowners that resulted in 117 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 45 acres of food
plots to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2001).
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Donated seed
to plant 25 acres of grain sorghum food plots, 5 acres of soybean
food plots, and 15 acres of corn food plots on Wolf River Wildlife
Management Area (2001).
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seed to plant 10 acres of soybean food plots and 20 acres of grain
sorghum food plots on Leaf River Wildlife Management Area (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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low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 3 landowners
that resulted in 54 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (2000). |
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 Writing
a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in The Richton
Dispatch to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999). |
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