The money was used to reforest woodland areas, plant grass on fields that had a soil erosion problem, and to do controlled burns in longleaf pine stands to improve habitat for wildlife, ... The funding for 2006 hasn't been finalized yet. Last year we received $110,000.
The meeting wrapped up with the agreement of the group that all the conservation practices that we had last year be offered again for the 2006 program.
We are not sure just how much money we are going to get for this program this year because of all the billions needed for the Katrina recovery,
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