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Quail ChickWildlife Habitat Incentives Program

The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a voluntary program which encourages creation of high quality wildlife habitats supporting 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 or enhance upland, wetland, riparian, and aquatic habitat areas on their property. 

Tennessee Wildlife Habitat Objectives

  • to increase the habitat and populations of early successional and upland wildlife species
  • to establish/enhance habitats critical for:
    • wetland wildlife
    • stream and fisheries, and
    • declining, rare, threatened or endangered species
  • to control invasive species which decrease the quality, quantity, and diversity of early successional, upland, and wetland wildlife habitat and fisheries habitat

National Program Information

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Adobe Acrobat DocumentFact Sheet (47.05 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentQuestion and Answers (38.12 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentProgram Description (50.13 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentKey Points (46.79 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFederal Regulation, 7 CFR 636, July 24, 2002   Revised final rule through the 2002 Farm Bill (33 KB)

2007 WHIP Information for Tennessee:

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For links and information on wildlife partnerships, click here.

State Program Contact:

Carol C. Chandler, Biologist - (615) 452-3838

John Rissler, Assistant State Conservationist (Programs) - (615) 277-2567



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