Government Programs - Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)

 The Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) is a voluntary program for landowners who are interested in developing and improving wildlife habitat on agricultural land, nonindustrial private forest land, and Tribal land.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service administers WHIP to provide assistance to establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat. WHIP cost-share agreements generally last from one year after the last conservation practice is implemented but not more than 10 years from the date the agreement is signed.

NRCS has established the following national priorities in order to provide direction for implementing WHIP:

Promote the restoration of declining or important native fish and wildlife habitats

Protect, restore, develop or enhance fish and wildlife habitat to benefit at-risk species

Reduce the impacts of invasive species on fish and wildlife habitats

Protect, restore, develop or enhance declining or important aquatic wildlife species' habitats

Protect, restore, develop or enhance important migration and other movement corridors for wildlife

If you are interested in participating in a WHIP program, call the local Natural Resources Conservation Service offices in your area or give Tallgrass Restoration a call and we can help make your land suitable for a wildlife habitat development.