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Pacific Islands Area WHIP 2007

The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) voluntary conservation program that encourages creation of high quality wildlife habitats that support wildlife populations of National, State, and local significance. It provides financial and technical assistance to landowners and others to develop upland, wetland, riparian, and aquatic habitat areas on their property.

Photo of the Nene, or Hawaiian Geese (Branta sandvicensis), the State Bird of Hawaii. Photo of the Nene, or Hawaiian Geese (Branta sandvicensis), the State Bird of Hawaii.
  A focus of the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program is to improve habitat for threatened and endangered species including the Nene, or Hawaiian Geese (Branta sandvicensis), the State Bird of Hawaii pictured above.
 

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.

WHIP sign-ups are currently underway at all USDA Service Centers in Hawaii, American Samoa, Saipan and Guam. Individuals or entities can apply for cost-sharing of many types of structural and management conservation practices, which address the following wildlife priority habitats identified by the State Technical Advisory Committee and the Local Work Groups:

  • Native forests or riparian area connected to a native forest reserve, wildlife refuge, or other preserved forest/riparian area
  • Coastal habitats that support “rare” plants, seabirds, monk seals, or turtles.
  • Streams with native organisms
  • Anchialine pools
  • Migratory bird habitat
  • Threatened/endangered species habitat (vertebrates, invertebrates, plants)
  • Wetlands with endangered waterbird potential; montane bogs
  • Caves with rare species

WHIP was reauthorized in the 2002 Farm Bill and is administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat DocumentAdobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word DocumentMicrosoft Word, or Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetMicrosoft Excel.

General Program Description Documentations

Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Plan Hawai'i FY-07 (06/30/06) (119 KB)
Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetWHIP Plan FY-07 Attachment I – Wildlife (Fauna) Species of Greatest Conservation Need (10/01/05) (128 KB)
Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetWHIP Plan FY-07 Attachment II - Wildlife (Flora) Species of Greatest Conservation Need (10/01/05) (161 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Plan FY-07 Attachment III – Hawaiian Islands Animals: Updated May 10, 2006 Listed and Candidate Species, As Designated Under The U.S. Endangered Species Act (845 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Plan FY-07 Attachment IV - Hawaiian Islands Plants: Updated June 15, 2004 Listed and Candidate Species, As Designated Under The U.S. Endangered Species Act (705 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Plan FY-07 Attachment V – Most Problematic Species – Hawaii (04/03/06) (39 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document2007 Pacific Islands Area WHIP Fact Sheet (72 KB)

Application and Sign-Up Information

Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Sign-Up Information for Fiscal Year 2007 – DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS AREA (excluding Hilo Service Center and Hoolehua Field Office) JANUARY 16, 2007 (76 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWHIP Sign-Up Information for Fiscal Year 2007 – DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR HILO SERVICE CENTER and HOOLEHUA FIELD OFFICE NOVEMBER 15, 2006 (77 KB)
Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetWHIP Pre-screening Worksheet PIA FY-2007 (99.5 KB)
Microsoft Word DocumentFY-2007 WHIP Ranking Tool Summary (101 KB)
Microsoft Word DocumentNRCS-CPA-1200 Conservation Program Application (68 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix to Form NRCS-CPA-1202 Conservation Program Contract (38 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPI-PGM-1 Limited Resource Farmer, Rancher, or Forest Owner Self-Certification (38 KB)
Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetHI-SCIMS Applicant Information for USDA Programs (67 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCCC-501A Member's Information (154 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAD-1026 Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification (239 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCCC-526 Payment Eligibility Average Adjusted Gross Income Certification (149 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSF-1199A Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form (109 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFFAS-12 Electronic Funds Transfer Hardship Waiver Request (11 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFSA-211 Power of Attorney (180 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNRCS-CPA-09 Power of Attorney (70 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNRCS-CPA-09 Power of Attorney - Instructions (33 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNRCS-CPA-13 Contract Review (204 KB)
Microsoft Word DocumentSample Concurrence Form (37 KB)
Microsoft Word DocumentSample Concurrence Letter (37 KB)

Conservation Practice Information

Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetWHIP Practice Component Cost List FY-2007 PIA East (Hawaii) (41 KB)
Microsoft Excel SpreadsheetWHIP Practice Component Cost List FY-2007 PIA West (including American Samoa) (34.5 KB)

Links to Other Useful Sites with Information Related to the 2007 WHIP Program

Adobe Acrobat DocumentHawaii WHIP 2007 Success Story (130 KB)

Hawaii and American Samoa WHIP Contacts

Gwendolyn S. Gilbert
Phone: (808) 541-2600 extension 122
Email: gwen.gilbert@hi.usda.gov

Dennis Kimberlin
Phone: (808) 541-2600 extension 149
Email: dennis.kimberlin@hi.usda.gov 

Last Modified: 11/07/2007

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