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Hancock County
 Worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service
to establish a practice through the Environmental Quality Incentives
Program to cost-share with landowners at a rate of up to $300/acre
for cogongrass control (2002). |
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Planted 25 acres of longleaf pine that will provide
habitat for a diversity of fish, wildlife and plants (2002). |
 In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
planted 8 acres of upland hardwoods (2002).
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 Gave a cogongrass presentation to 40 attendees that
included members of the Mississippi Legislature, the Invasive Plant
Council, private landowners, forestry and wildlife consultants,
county soil and water conservation districts, BASF, Mississippi
Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Mississippi Department
of Transportation, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space
Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research
Service, U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service and the
U.S.D.A. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (2002).
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Controlled cogongrass on approximately 130 acres
of pasture land to be restored in longleaf pine, hardwoods and
native grasses that will provide habitat for a diversity of fish,
wildlife and plants (2002).
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Provided technical guidance on spacing and timber
marking for the removal of slash pine in a mixed pine stand for
the restoration of a pure longleaf forest. Approximately 120 acres
have been marked for restoration of longleaf that will provide
habitat for a diversity of fish, wildlife and plants (2002).
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| Coordinated and assisted with the spraying of 180
acres of cogongrass (2002). |
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In cooperation with BASF, established three test
plots to study the effects of Arsenal on cogongrass (2002).
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 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 4 landowners that resulted in 155 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 79 acres of food plots to benefit
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).
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Provided low-cost
seed (corn, sorghum, sunflower and winter wheat) to 4 landowners
that resulted in 73 acres of food plots to benefit a diversity
of wildlife (2000).
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Writing a column,
entitled "Conservation Corner" in the Sea Coast Echo
to educate people about conservation (Began in 1999).
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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 (1999).
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