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Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program 2007

The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat primarily on private land.

Through WHIP, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service provides both technical assistance and up to 75 percent cost-share assistance to establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat. WHIP agreements between NRCS and the participant generally last from 5 to 10 years from the date the agreement is signed.

2007 News Release

  • Application Deadline December 15, 2006

  • Maximum individual contract funding for 2007 is $35,000.
  • Minimum acreage of 20 acres, except for South Florida Rockland, where 1 acre minimum will be accepted.

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WHIP 2007 map All highlighted counties are eligible.

Priorities:
Declining habitat
Threatened and endangered species
Northern Bobwhite Quail habitat
Exotic and invasive species control
        *  Climbing Fern
        *  Brazilian Pepper
        *  Melaleuca
        *  Tropical Soda Apple
        *  Cogongrass
        *  Downy Rose Myrtle

The following forms require one of the following:
Microsoft Word , Microsoft Excel , Adobe Acrobat 

WHIP Facts

Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Fact Sheet - Florida (182 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentProgram Description  (177 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentKey Points (154 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentQuestion and Answer Sheet (175 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFederal Regulation (33 KB)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Application Ranking Form FY 07 (46 KB)
       WHIP Manual

Adobe Acrobat DocumentState WHIP Plan (77 KB)

WHIP Contract and Funding - Previous Years

Habitat Management

Florida Program Contact

Jeffrey Woods, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs, 352-338-9515

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Last Modified 10/18/2006