South Carolina 2008 Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Information

Accomplishments

Highlighted among South Carolina's WHIP projects are the Beach Vitex Project with Clemson University's Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science; trout preservation project  (Partners for Trout)  in the upstate of South Carolina; a waterfowl project (South Carolina Partners) in the coastal region; the Newberry County Indian Creek Quail Habitat Initiative; and the Georgetown County Invasive Species Project.  South Carolina NRCS enrolled 63 individual contracts with landowners across the state in 2007. 

Program Benefits

The program helps landowners develop habitat for upland wildlife, threatened and endangered species, fish, and other wildlife in South Carolina. The bobwhite quail, wintering waterfowl and shorebird habitat, invasive plant species, and threatened and endangered plant and animal species have been identified as the “priority conservation concern” in the state.

2008 WHIP Program Documents 

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Sabrenna Bryant at 803-765-5419. 

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat.

 2008 Guidance Document  (PDF; 788 KB)
 2008 WHIP Ranking Document  (PDF; 31 KB)
 2008 Practice Cost List  (PDF; 16 KB)
 2008 Coastal Cost List  (PDF; 10 KB)
 WHIP Application/Contract with Appendix (PDF; 28 KB)
 Habitat Type Index Worksheets (PDF; 124 KB)
 Stream Assessment Procedure (PDF; 184 KB)
 Direct Deposit Form (PDF; 102 KB)
 WHIP Wavier Form (PDF; 84 KB)
 Contract Review CPA-13  (PDF; 52 KB)
 NRCS-CPA-SC52  (PDF; 53 KB)
 NRCS-CPA-09 Power of Attorney  (PDF; 69 KB)

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program-National Information

2007 WHIP Archive Information

Contact

Bethel DuRant
Soil Conservationist
Phone: 803-253-3512
Email: bethel.durant@sc.usda.gov

Craig Ellis
Assistant State Conservationist (P)
Phone: (803) 253-3930
Email: craig.ellis@sc.usda.gov

Last Modified: 07/28/2009