WHIP

• Federal Program administered by the NRCS with NRCS and DNR Fisheries and Wildlife as technical agencies
• 75 % cost share for items proposed in a 5 or 10 year contract
• Maximum total cost share payments that can be made to a landowner per year is $10,000
• Cost sharing available for:
  • Wildlife planting
    - site preparation
    - planting stock
    - planting
    
  • Grass Establishment
  • Fencing
  • Prescribed Burning
  • Wildlife Practices
    - nesting habitat
    - vegetation management
    - tree and shrub planting
    - creation of openings
    - wildlife corridors
    
  • Fisheries Practices
    - vegetation management
    - bank stabilization
    - in-stream habitat
  • Wetland Restoration
  • Farmstead Shelterbelts
  • Grazing Systems