By Hinds Today |
Apr 12, 2024
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, along with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, Trent Kelly, Michael Guest, and Mike Ezell, have penned a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging swift action to assist private forest landowners in Mississippi. The lawmakers are seeking access to unobligated emergency forest restoration funds to address damages caused by extreme drought and southern pine beetle infestations.In their letter to Secretary Vilsack, the delegation highlighted the urgent need for assistance through the Emergency Forest Restoration...