# Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
> **Natural Resources Conservation Service** · Final rule. · Published 2002-07-24 · 67 FR 48353
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-18657
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Natural Resources Conservation Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 48353
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 636
- **Publication date:** 2002-07-24
## Abstract

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 amended the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) to provide additional cost-share assistance to landowners who enter into an agreement to protect and restore plant and animal habitat for a term of at least 15 years. The current regulations for WHIP require cost-share agreements to be for a term of 5 to 10 years. This change will amend the program regulation to conform to the statutory language.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/07/24/02-18657/wildlife-habitat-incentives-program)
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