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Walthall County
 Provided low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower
and winter wheat) to 4 landowners that resulted in 57 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 3 landowners that resulted in 28 acres of food plots to
benefit a diversity of wildlife (2001). |
| Restored
1 acre of bottomland hardwoods in partnership with Fratesi Nursery
with 1 landowner that will provide habitat for 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). |
| Provided
low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 5 landowners
that resulted in 128 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity
of wildlife (2000). |
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Provided
low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 2 landowners
that resulted in 35 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (1999). |
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