Trey Cooke, Delta F.A.R.M. & Delta Wildlife

Al Garner, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Andrew Peck, Ph. D., The Nature Conservancy

Dean Pennington, Ph. D., YMD Joint Water Management District

Don Underwood, Ph. D., Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission

Primary BMPs:Constructed wetlandsTail-water recovery systemsLow-grade weirsWater control structureNutrient managementRiparian buffers

Area Prioritization:Delta Nutrient Reduction Strategy Priority Areas

$21,700,000.00

CCPI

WREP

CIG

Sunflower WatershedMRBI Funds Received

2010 = $3,530,548.312011 = $2,543,854.41

Upper Yazoo WatershedMRBI Funds Received

2010 = $556,185.602011 = $340,845.44

Steele Bayou/Deer Creek WatershedMRBI Funds Received

2010 = $347,506.162011 = $662,372

Producer Applications Submitted in MRBI Watersheds:

2009 = $6,815,890.422010 = $15,034,822.672011 = $46,877,903.84

Coldwater River WatershedMRBI Funds Received

2011 = $2,580,000$0

$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

$30,000,000

$35,000,000

$40,000,000

$45,000,000

$50,000,000

2009 2010 2011

EQIP Money Requested vs Funded