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Conservation Finance Center

Conservation Finance Center

Programs & Incentives that Help Landowners with Conservation

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The Conservation Finance Center is an information resource for private landowners. It is a cooperative effort of Wildlife Mississippi, the Mississippi Land Trust and the Mississippi River Trust. The Walton Family Foundation and the Yale School of Forestry assisted in the development of this website and the financial calculators.

The financial calculators were developed for use by private landowners throughout the Lower Mississippi River Valley, or those living in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.

Information about conservation programs applies to the region and the entire United States.

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CONTACT US

Conservation Finance Center Questions
Call Wildlife Mississippi’s Stoneville office at (662) 686-3375.

Farm Bill Program Questions
Email James L. Cummins, Executive Director of Wildlife Mississippi, at jcummins@wildlifemiss.org

Conservation Easement Questions
Email Brian Ballinger at bballinger@wildlifemiss.org

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