Farm Bill Provisions for Wildlife Management

Farm Bill Programs

Conservation of Private Grazing Land (CPGL): A voluntary technical assistance program that encourages conservation on private grazing lands through the use of sustainable year-round, rotational or managed grazing systems.
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP): A voluntary program in which landowners enroll in contracts to take highly erodible and other environmentally sensitive croplands out of production.
Conservation Security Program (CSP): A new voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to producers who practice good stewardship on their agricultural lands and incentives to those that wish to do more.
Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CCRP): An incentive program that encourages the development of filter strips, buffers, windbreaks and shelterbelts to reduce soil erosion and water pollution.
Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP): A voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers who face serious threats to soil, water and related natural resources. EQIP includes special funding for water conservation in the Ogallala Aquifer region.
The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP): A voluntary program that helps farmers and ranchers keep their land in agriculture by providing matching money to qualifying farmland protection land trusts which can be used to buy conservation easements on eligible land.
Forestland Enhancement Program (FLEP): A voluntary incentive and technical assistance program for non-industrial forest owners.
Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP): Purpose is to provide financial incentives to landowners who wish to protect or restore grasslands of all types.
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP): Opportunities for landowners to receive financial incentives to enhance wetlands in exchange for retiring marginal agricultural land.
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP): A voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat on land that they own or lease.