Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)

Last Modified: 06/16/2009

The Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) is a voluntary program that provides technical and financial assistance to people who want to improve fish and wildlife habitat or restore natural ecosystems on their land.

NRCS will provide compensation for part of the cost of establishing and maintaining conservation practices that are necessary for enhancing and improving wildlife habitat and restoring natural ecosystems. 

The 2008 Farm Bill set the following conservation priorities for 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; and
• Protect, restore, develop or enhance declining or important aquatic wildlife species’ habitats.

FY 2009 Documents

The following are the latest documents for the Fiscal Year 2009 WHIP. These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

2009 WHIP Final Practice List

NH WHIP Archives - Provides NH WHIP documents from FY2003 - FY2007.

For More Information

National WHIP Web Site
Find your local NRCS Office

NH WHIP Contact

Jim Spielman, Resource Conservationist
(603) 868-7581

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