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Wilkinson County
 Worked with Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) to establish
the National Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative (2002). |
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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 (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 762 acres of food plots
to benefit a diversity of wildlife (2001). |
| Restored
3 acres 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
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, 5,210
acres of wetlands have been restored through the Wetland Reserve
Program in Wilkerson 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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low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 1 landowner
that resulted in 10 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (2000). |
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Providing 1 solar-powered electric fencing unit to USDA Wildlife
Services to solve potential conflicts with black bear and bee hive
owners (2000). |
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). |
 Writing
a column, entitled "Conservation Corner" in The Woodville
Republican to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999). |
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Provided
low-cost seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 1 landowner
that resulted in 45 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity of
wildlife (1999). |
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