Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) In Alabama

This voluntary program helps people develop and enhance habitat for fish and wildlife on private lands. WHIP provides both technical assistance and cost-share funds through 10-year contracts.

The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a voluntary program that encourages creation of high quality wildlife habitats that support wildlife populations of National, State, Tribal, and local significance. Through WHIP, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial assistance to landowners and others to develop upland, wetland, riparian, and aquatic habitat areas on their property.

Eligible lands under the program are:

• Privately owned land;
• Federal land when the primary benefit is on private or Tribal land;
• State and local government land on a limited basis; and Tribal land.

If land is determined eligible, NRCS places emphasis on enrolling:

• Habitats for wildlife species experiencing declining or significantly reduced populations;
• Practices beneficial to fish and wildlife that may not otherwise be funded; and
• Wildlife and fishery habitats identified by local and State partners and Indian Tribes in each State.

Contact the local Natural Resources Conservation Service office for further guidelines and details of the program.  

Additional FY2007 Information

• Ranking Tool
• Wildlife Habitat Conservation Management Systems Concerns
• Priorities
• Cost-Share Rates
• Practice and Practice Restrictions

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Posters for Field Office to print and display

Alabama State 2007 WHIP Handbook
8x10 (101 KB) 
11x17 (2.5 MB)

National WHIP Website

Success Stories and News Releases

Some of these documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Barbour County's Day to Shine (WHIP 3-07- HTML)

Wildlife Management in Macon County (1-04) (168 KB)  HTML  

Last Modified: 01/11/2008

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