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## Wisconsin

**Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program FY 09**

***January, 2009***

***Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program***

***FY2009 Wisconsin List of Eligible Practices***

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[ACCESS CONTROL 472 1](#__RefHeading___Toc219256745)

[BRUSH MANAGEMENT (314) 2](#__RefHeading___Toc219256746)

[CHANNEL BANK VEGETATION 322 3](#__RefHeading___Toc219256747)

[CONSERVATION COVER (327) 4](#__RefHeading___Toc219256748)

[CRITICAL AREA PLANTING 342 5](#__RefHeading___Toc219256749)

[FENCE 382 6](#__RefHeading___Toc219256750)

[FIELD BORDER 386 7](#__RefHeading___Toc219256751)

[FIRE BREAK (394) 8](#__RefHeading___Toc219256752)

[FISH PASSAGE (396) 9](#__RefHeading___Toc219256753)

[FOREST STAND IMPROVEMENT 666 10](#__RefHeading___Toc219256754)

[OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL 500 11](#__RefHeading___Toc219256755)

[PEST MANAGEMENT 595 12](#__RefHeading___Toc219256756)

[PRESCRIBED BURNING (338) 13](#__RefHeading___Toc219256757)

[STREAM CROSSING 578 14](#__RefHeading___Toc219256758)

[STREAMBANK AND SHORELINE PROTECTION (580)
15](#__RefHeading___Toc219256759)

[STREAM HABITAT IMPROVEMENT & MANAGEMENT (395)
16](#__RefHeading___Toc219256760)

[TREE AND SHRUB ESTABLISHMENT (612) 17](#__RefHeading___Toc219256761)

[UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT (645)
18](#__RefHeading___Toc219256762)

[WETLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT (644)
19](#__RefHeading___Toc219256763)

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256745 .anchor}ACCESS CONTROL 472

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To protect, maintain, or improve the quantity and quality
of the plant and animal resources; to maintain enough cover to protect
the soil; to maintain moisture resources; and to increase natural
beauty.

**Applicability:** In areas where forest reproduction, soil hydrologic
values, existing vegetation (including trees), or aesthetic values, or
recreation are prevented or damaged by livestock. This practice is
applicable only if an owner or operator physically constructs or
maintains a barrier (fence, for example) necessary to exclude livestock.
It is not applicable on areas where livestock are not present or are
usually confined to fenced areas such as pastures or feedlots.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate of \$10.00 per acre.**

**Limitations:** Cost-sharing is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan**. Payment is limited to a 1 time incentive
payment** and approved fencing costs (see Fencing 382), which may be
contracted separately. **Payment is limited to \$2000 per operation.**

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for lifespan of 10 years
following installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256746 .anchor}BRUSH MANAGEMENT (314)

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To remove undesirable woody vegetation to create or restore
desirable habitats for wildlife.

**Applicability:** On brush-infested land having the potential to
produce desirable native or adapted species where brush management will
improve areas for wildlife; along fence lines to provide large tracts of
open fields for grassland birds, and to restore grasslands, savannas,
and barrens. Treatment may consist of any combination or mowing,
application of herbicides, hand cutting or girdling, or stem injection.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **Component**                                   **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                         Rate**

  Brush Management, Light                         Acre                   \$ 50.00

  Brush Management, Medium                        Acre                   \$ 85.00

  Brush Management, Heavy                         Acre                   \$195.00
  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Limitations:** This practice may only be applied one time on the same
acreage in a contract and receive financial assistance. A digital photo
of the planned treatment area must be included with the application to
review the level of brush control.

**[Use Brush Control Light]{.underline}** on sites where up to 15% of
the area is stocked with brush and woody cover of stems 0 to 2 inches in
diameter at the ground line.

**[Use Brush Control Medium]{.underline}** on sites where more than 15 %
and up to 40 % of the area is stocked with woody vegetation 0 to 2
inches in diameter at the ground line.

**[Use Brush Control Heavy]{.underline}** on sites where more than 40 %
of the area is stocked with woody vegetation 0 to 2 inches in diameter
and up to 25 stems per acre larger than 2 inches in diameter at the
ground line.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 5 years
after year of installation.**

Note: Prescribed Burning (Practice 338) may be used in conjunction with
brush management.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256747 .anchor}CHANNEL BANK VEGETATION 322

Acres

**Purpose:** This practice may be applied as part of a conservation
management system to support one or more of the following purposes: 1)
Stabilize channel banks and adjacent areas and reduce erosion and
sedimentation, 2) Maintain or enhance the quality of the environment,
including visual aspects and fish and wildlife habitat.

**Applicability:** This practice applies to 1) establishing vegetation
on channel banks, berms, spoil, and associated areas **[above the bank
zone]{.underline}**, (OHWM) 2) reducing potential for mass gravity
failure of channel banks, and 3) reshaping channel banks to increase
cross-sectional geometry above the bank zone.

**Payment Schedule:** Payment Rate per scenario, as shown in the table
below.

  --------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **No.**   **Scenario**                                  **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                                 Rate**

  1         Channel Seeding and Shaping, Less than 4'     Ft.                    \$3.41
            Average Bank Height                                                  

  2         Channel Seeding and Shaping, Less than 4'     Ft.                    \$4.23
            Average Bank Height with Spoil Removal from                          
            the Floodplain                                                       

  3         Channel Seeding and Shaping, 4'or More        Ft.                    \$5.03
            Average Bank Height                                                  

  4         Channel Seeding and Shaping, 4' or More       Ft.                    \$9.05
            Average Bank Height with Spoil Removal from                          
            the Floodplain                                                       
  --------- --------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**\*Channel Bank Height measured from the** [top of the bank zone (OHWM)
to top of shaped bank]{.underline}**.**

Units are to be measured in linear feet of channel bank shaped and
seeded.

**Limitations:** This practice does NOT apply to Grassed Waterways,
Diversions, streambank areas with protective linings, areas covered with
water for an extended period of time, or areas where conditions will not
support adequate vegetation.

**Maintenance:** Practice will be maintained for lifespan of 10 years
following installation.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256748 .anchor}CONSERVATION COVER (327)

**Acres**

**Purpose:** To create or enhance perennial vegetative cover for
wildlife.

**Applicability:** On land retired from crop production that is suitable
for planting perennial vegetation.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **Component**                                   **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                         Rate**

  Cool Season Mixture                             Acre                   \$135.00

  Warm Season Mixture                             Acre                   \$180.00
  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Limitations:** Financial assistance is limited to installing the
conservation practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource
concerns addressed by the planning objectives. Must be a 2.5 acre
minimum size.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 5 years
after year of installation.**

The following [Cool Season]{.underline} seed mixes are beneficial to
pollinators are encouraged and are approved for use with this practice.
Other seed mixes which meet the 327 standard are also acceptable.

  ------------------- --------------- ------------------------ -----------
  Mix 1                               Mix 2                    

  Timothy             3 lbs.          Birdsfoot Trefoil        4 lbs.

  Red Clover          2 lbs.          Red Top                  2 lbs.

  Ladino Clover       1 lbs.                                   
  ------------------- --------------- ------------------------ -----------

The following [Warm Season]{.underline} seed mixes are beneficial to
pollinators are encouraged and are approved for use with this practice.
Other seed mixes which meet the 327 standard are also acceptable.

  ------------------ ------- -------------- ------ --------------- --------
  Mesic Mix                  Wet Mesic on          Dry Mix         
                             Mineral Soils                         

  Little Bluestem    2.5     Big Bluestem   0.5    Little Bluestem 2.75
                     lbs.                   lbs.                   lbs.

  Side Oats Grama    1 lbs   Canada Wild    2 lbs. Side Oats Grama 1 lbs.
                             Rye                                   

  Indiangrass        0.5     Prairie        0.5    Prairie         0.25
                     lbs.    Cordgrass      lbs/   Dropseed        lbs.

  Purple Prairie     1 oz.   Red Top        1 lbs. Spotted Mint    0.1 oz..
  Clover                                                           

  Black Eyed Susan   0.1 oz. Blue Vervain   0.1    Wild Lupine     0.1 oz.
                                            oz.                    

  Bergamot           0.1 oz. Joe Pye Weed   0.1    Butterfly       0.1 oz.
                                            oz.    Milkweed        

  Evening Primrose   0.1 oz. Boneset        0.1    Prairie Blazing 0.1 oz.
                                            oz.    Star            

  New England Aster  0.1 oz. Cup Plant      0.1    Sky Blue Aster  0.1 oz.
                                            oz.                    

  Golden Alexander   0.1 oz. Marsh Milkweed 0.1    Spiderwort      0.1 oz.
                                            oz.                    

  Prairie Blazing    0.1 oz. New England    0.1    Blue Vervain    0.1 oz.
  Star                       Aster          oz.                    

  Pale Purple        0.1 oz. Golden         0.1    Bergamot        0.1 oz.
  Coneflower                 Alexander      oz.                    

  Spiderwort         0.1 oz.                       Black Eyed      0.1 oz.
                                                   Susan           

  Wild Lupine        0.1 oz                                        
  ------------------ ------- -------------- ------ --------------- --------

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256749 .anchor}CRITICAL AREA PLANTING 342

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To stabilize the soil, reduce damage from sediment and
runoff to downstream areas, and improve wildlife habitat and visual
resources.

**Applicability:** On highly erodible or critically eroding areas. These
areas usually cannot be stabilized by ordinary conservation treatment
and management and if left untreated can cause severe erosion or
sediment damage. Examples of applicable areas are dams, dikes, mine
spoil, levees, cuts, fills, surface-mined areas, and denuded or gullied
areas where vegetation is difficult to establish by usual planting
methods.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  --------- ----------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **No.**   **Scenario**                              **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                             Rate**

  1         Critical Area Planting, Cool Season Cover Acre                   \$ 80

  2         Critical Area Planting, Warm Season Cover Acre                   \$100

  3         Critical Area Planting, Cool Season Cover Acre                   \$445
            with Slope Stabilization                                         

  4         Critical Area Planting, Warm Season Cover Acre                   \$465
            with Slope Stabilization                                         
  --------- ----------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Slope stabilization is limited to establishing a stable slope on a
site where it does not otherwise exist. It is NOT intended for use with
critical area planting in seeding other structural practices.**

Use technical information from 484 Mulching for straw mulch erosion
protection. **[This should NOT be included as separate items on the
contract, the costs for this item are already factored into the Average
Costs.]{.underline}**

If [other than straw mulch]{.underline} is needed, Practice 484 Mulch
may be contracted as a separate item.

**Limitations:** Cost-sharing is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan. Application of lime and fertilizer, to reach
optimum levels, shall be based on the Practice Standard. (Refer to
Practice 342 of the Field Office Technical Guide). Soil tests must be
done according to the UW-Madison, Department of Soil Science soil
analytical procedures and soil test recommendations. Soil test labs
approved by FSA for CRP (1-WI CRP) will be considered approved by NRCS
for the WHIP program. Labs approved by Department of Agriculture, Trade,
and Consumer Protection will be considered approved by NRCS for the WHIP
program.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a life span of 10 years
following installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256750 .anchor}FENCE 382

**Feet**

**Purpose:** To: (1) exclude livestock from areas that should be
protected from grazing; (2) protect new seedlings and plantings from
grazing; and (3) regulate access to areas by people or prevent
trespassing.

**Applicability:** On any area requiring exclusion of livestock, or
where access to people is to be regulated.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rates per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  --------- ------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **No.**   **Scenario**                                **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                               Rate**

  1         Fence, Multi-Strand Barbed Wire             Ft.                    \$1.35

  2         Fence, Woven Wire                           Ft.                    \$1.80

  3         Fence, Electric Fence                       Ft.                    \$0.40

  4         Fence, High Tensile, Nonelectric            Ft.                    \$0.95
  --------- ------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Limitations:** Cost-sharing is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan. **[WHIP financial assistance for gates,
energizers, pumps, and legally required boundary fences or temporary
fences is not allowed]{.underline}**.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
following installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256751 .anchor}FIELD BORDER 386

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To reduce erosion from wind and water, soil and water
quality protection, and provide wildlife food and cover.

**Applicability:** At crop field edges, and to connect other buffer
practices within the crop field.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rates per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  --------- ---------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ---------------
  **No.**   **Scenario**                       **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                      Rate**

  1         Grass/Legume Pollinator Mix        Acre                   \$300

  2         Native Warm Season Pollinator Mix  Acre                   \$350
  --------- ---------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ---------------

\*Use 484 Mulching for erosion protection (Not required as a contract
component).

**Limitations:** Cost-sharing is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan. Tall fescue shall not be included in seeding
used for this practice. Harvest is not permitted except as part of
maintenance clippings during the establishment year, only.

The following [Cool Season]{.underline} seed mixes are beneficial to
pollinators and are approved for use with this practice. Other seed
mixes which meet the 386 standard and are suitable for pollinators are
also acceptable with prior written approval from the State Agronomist
and State Biologist.

  ------------------- --------------- ------------------------ -----------
  Mix 1                               Mix 2                    

  Timothy             3 lbs.          Birdsfoot Trefoil        4 lbs.

  Red Clover          2 lbs.          Red Top                  2 lbs.

  Ladino Clover       1 lbs.                                   
  ------------------- --------------- ------------------------ -----------

The following [Warm Season]{.underline} seed mixes are beneficial to
pollinators and are approved for use with this practice. Other seed
mixes which meet the 386 standard and are suitable for pollinators are
also acceptable with prior written approval from the State Agronomist
and State Biologist.

  ------------------ ------- -------------- ------ --------------- --------
  Mesic Mix                  Wet Mesic on          Dry Mix         
                             Mineral Soils                         

  Little Bluestem    2.5     Big Bluestem   0.5    Little Bluestem 2.75
                     lbs.                   lbs.                   lbs.

  Side Oats Grama    1 lbs   Canada Wild    2 lbs. Side Oats Grama 1 lbs.
                             Rye                                   

  Indiangrass        0.5     Prairie        0.5    Prairie         0.25
                     lbs.    Cordgrass      lbs/   Dropseed        lbs.

  Purple Prairie     1 oz.   Red Top        1 lbs. Spotted Mint    0.1 oz..
  Clover                                                           

  Black Eyed Susan   0.1 oz. Blue Vervain   0.1    Wild Lupine     0.1 oz.
                                            oz.                    

  Bergamot           0.1 oz. Joe Pye Weed   0.1    Butterfly       0.1 oz.
                                            oz.    Milkweed        

  Evening Primrose   0.1 oz. Boneset        0.1    Prairie Blazing 0.1 oz.
                                            oz.    Star            

  New England Aster  0.1 oz. Cup Plant      0.1    Sky Blue Aster  0.1 oz.
                                            oz.                    

  Golden Alexander   0.1 oz. Marsh Milkweed 0.1    Spiderwort      0.1 oz.
                                            oz.                    

  Prairie Blazing    0.1 oz. New England    0.1    Blue Vervain    0.1 oz.
  Star                       Aster          oz.                    

  Pale Purple        0.1 oz. Golden         0.1    Bergamot        0.1 oz.
  Coneflower                 Alexander      oz.                    

  Spiderwort         0.1 oz.                       Black Eyed      0.1 oz.
                                                   Susan           

  Wild Lupine        0.1 oz                                        
  ------------------ ------- -------------- ------ --------------- --------

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for lifespan of 5 years
following installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256752 .anchor}FIRE BREAK (394)

**Linear Feet**

**Purpose:** To establish or maintain as a component of a prescribed
burn for wildlife habitat management.

**Applicability:** On areas where prescribed burning is applied as a
management tool or protection from wildfire is needed.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario, as shown below.**

  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **Component**                                   **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                         Rate**

  Firebreak -- mowing or disking only             Ft.                    \$00.04

  Firebreak -- mowing and clearing woody stems    Ft.                    \$00.09
  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Limitations:** Financial assistance is limited to installing the
conservation practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource
concerns addressed by the planning objectives.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 5 years
after year of installation.**

**Note: May be used in conjunction with practices 327, 338, 612, 644, &
645**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256753 .anchor}FISH PASSAGE (396)

**Number**

**Purpose:** To allow upstream and downstream movement of fish and other
aquatic species past barriers.

**Applicability:** Where artificial or man-made barriers (i.e. dams) are
adversely affecting movement of aquatic species.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario, as shown below.**

  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -------------
  **Component**                                   **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                         Rate**

  Culvert replacement                             Ft.                    \$ 96.00

  Fish Ladder per foot of overfall                Ft.                    \$ 2000.00

  Dam Removal Less than 6 feet effective height   No.                    \$ 5000.00
  \*                                                                     

  Dam Removal 6 feet or more, but less than 10    No.                    \$10000.00
  feet effective height \*                                               

  Dam Removal 10 feet or more effective height \* No.                    \$20,000.00
  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -------------

\* Effective height of a dam is defined as the difference in elevation
between the top of the dam, and the lowest point at the centerline of
the dam.

**Limitations:**

The landowner is responsible for obtaining all required permits prior to
beginning any stream improvement measures. A complete construction plan
must be in place with NRCS engineering approval before commencement of
this work. At a minimum, the plan must include: the extent of removal
and location for dispersal of removed materials; stabilization of
accumulated upstream sediment; channel bottom or bank stabilization
needed; site erosion control; and site re-vegetation details.

An "As-Built" plan must be completed at the end of construction and
maintained with the original contract file.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
after year of installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256754 .anchor}FOREST STAND IMPROVEMENT 666

**Acres**

**Purpose:** To initiate forest stand regeneration, reduce the potential
of damage from wildfire, pests, and moisture stress, increase carbon
storage in selected trees, improve water conservation, restore natural
plant communities, improve wildlife habitat, reduce sedimentation and
runoff and restore natural plant communities.

**Applicability:** (1) Forest land where the presence of exotic,
introduced or invasive species has been identified as a resource
concern. (2) Forest land at high risk for disease, insect infestation or
wildfire. (3) Forest land with existing insect or disease infestations.
(4) Forest land contributing sediment and runoff to surface water
bodies.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rates per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  --------- -------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **No.**   **Scenario**                                 **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                                Rate**

  1         Forest Stand Improvement, Crop Tree Release  Acre                   \$ 80

  2         Forest Stand Improvement, Pruning to 12'     Acre                   \$ 45
            (Stands Less Than 20 Years Old)                                     

  3         Forest Stand Improvement, Pruning to 17'     Acre                   \$ 90
            (Stands More Than 20 Years Old)                                     

  4         Forest Stand Improvement, Slash              Acre                   \$200
            Treatment[^1]                                                       
  --------- -------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Limitations:** Cost-sharing is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
following installation.**

Removal and disposal of trees for disease or fire control.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256755 .anchor}OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL 500

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To safely remove and dispose of unwanted obstructions and
materials in order to apply conservation practices.

**Applicability:** On land where existing obstructions interfere with
planned installation of a conservation practice.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rates per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  --------- ------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **No.**   **Scenario**                                **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                               Rate**

  1         Clearing Trees                              Acre                   \$560.00

  2         Clearing Brush                              Acre                   \$280.00

  3         Structure Removal                           Each                   \$560.00

  4         Berm Removal for Waterway                   Ft.                    \$ 1.00
  --------- ------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Limitations:** Cost-sharing is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan[. Obstruction removal is only cost sharable
where necessary to facilitate installation of other conservation
practices]{.underline}. Cost-sharing will be based on the least cost
alternative available for the site.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
after practice installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256756 .anchor}PEST MANAGEMENT 595

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To control noxious or invasive plants, where such plants
threaten planned wildlife habitats.

**Applicability:** On land where pest control is needed to create or
maintain desired wildlife habitat.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

**Components:**

  ------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **Component**                                     **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                           Rate**

  Control of upland invasives. \*                   Acre                   \$40.00
  ------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**\* May be used prior to, or after establishment of planned wildlife
habitat, but not more than one time in a contract.**

**Limitations:** Payment is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan.

Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 1 year.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256757 .anchor}PRESCRIBED BURNING (338)

**Acres**

**Purpose:** To prepare sites for planting and as a tool to establish
and manage a desired wildlife habitat.

**Applicability:** Used in native grassland plantings, prairie or
savanna/barrens establishment, restoration, and management, as well as
other wildlife areas.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario, as shown below.**

  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **Component**                                   **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                         Rate**

  Contract Burn, Less than 60 Acres               Ac.                    \$ 80.00

  Contract Burn, 60 Acres or more                 Ac.                    \$ 50.00
  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

**Note: May be used in conjunction with practices 394, 327,612,644, &
645**

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 1 years
after year of installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256758 .anchor}STREAM CROSSING 578

**No.**

**Purpose:** To provide a stabilized area or structure constructed
across a stream to provide a travel way for livestock, equipment, or
farm vehicles to reduce sediment, nutrient, organic loading of the
stream; reduce streambank and streambed erosion; or provide access to
another land unit.

**Applicability:** Where an intermittent or perennial watercourse exists
and a ford or culvert type crossing is desired for livestock, equipment,
or farm vehicles.

**Payment Schedule:** **Payment rate per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

  --------- ------------------------------------------ ---------- ----------- -----------
  **No.**   **Scenario**                               **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                              Rate**

  1         Stone Surfaced Crossing, Machinery         Sq.Ft.                 \$1.44

  2         Stone Surfaced Crossing, Cattle            Sq.Ft.                 \$1.84

  3         Paved Surface, Machinery                   Sq.Ft.                 \$2.67

  4         Paved Surface, Cattle                      Sq.Ft.                 \$3.26

  5         Culvert, Less than 25 Inch Diameter,       Ft.                    \$32.88
            Single Tube, and Surfacing                                        

  6         Culvert, Less than 25 Inch Diameter,       Ft.                    \$44.31
            Multi-Tube, and Surfacing                                         

  7         Culvert, 25 Inch or More Diameter, Single  Ft.                    \$41.46
            Tube, and Surfacing                                               

  8         Culvert, 25 Inch or More Diameter,         Ft.                    \$61.46
            Multi-Tube, and Surfacing                                         
  --------- ------------------------------------------ ---------- ----------- -----------

**Approach ramps are part of the stream crossing, and should not be
contracted under another practice.**

**Stream crossings are measured per square foot of crossing area.**

**Culverts are measured per linear foot of culvert installed. The length
of only one culvert should be included in the length total, regardless
of how many culverts are being installed.**

**Limitations:** Cost-sharing is limited to installing the conservation
practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource concerns addressed
by the conservation plan. Cost-sharing for surfacing material will be
limited to the least cost alternative that will remain stable under the
design condition. Landowner is responsible for obtaining necessary
permits prior to start of construction.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
following installation**.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256759 .anchor}STREAMBANK AND SHORELINE
PROTECTION (580)

**Lineal Feet**

**Purpose:** To stabilize or protect banks of perennial streams to
improve the stream as habitat for aquatic organisms.

**Applicability:** This practice is to be used only as a component of a
stream habitat improvement plan approved by the local DNR or Tribal Fish
Manager.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario, as shown below.**

  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------
  **Component**                                   **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                         Rate**

  Streambank, Average Bank Height \<7', Partial   Ft.                    \$23.05
  Height Rock Riprap                                                     

  Streambank, Average Bank Height 7' or more,     Ft.                    \$31.40
  Partial Height Rock Riprap                                             

  Streambank, Average Bank Height \<7', Partial   Ft.                    \$30.05
  Height Rock Riprap with Spoil Removal                                  

  Heavy Clearing Streambank, Average Bank Height  Ft.                    \$38.40
  7' or more, Partial Height Rock Riprap, with                           
  Spoil Removal                                                          
  ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- -----------

This practice does not apply to lakeshore habitat. A complete plan must
be in place and approved by NRCS. Where rock rip rap is used, it can
only be installed to the extent necessary to stabilize the toe of the
bank.

The landowner is responsible for obtaining all necessary permits prior
to the start of construction.

An "As Built" plan must be completed at the end of construction and
maintained with original contract file.

Use technical information from 342 Critical Area Planting for seeding
and 484 Mulching for straw mulch erosion protection. **[These should NOT
be included as separate items on the contract, the costs for these items
are already factored into the Average Costs.]{.underline}**

Practice 322 Channel Bank Seeding may be added as a separate item
upstream and downstream where only shaping above the bank zone is
planned.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
after year of installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256760 .anchor}STREAM HABITAT IMPROVEMENT &
MANAGEMENT (395)

**Lineal Feet**

**Purpose:** To improve habitat for desired aquatic species.

**Applicability:** In streams where existing habitat limits the
production of the desired species.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario, as shown below.**

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  **Component**                                     **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                           Rate**

  Installation of Wood Debris dams, or structures   Ft.                    \$2.50

  Installation of Rock Structures, Wiers, Barbs,    No.                    \$250.00
  etc                                                                      

  Installation of Fish Structures (i.e. Lunkers)    No.                    \$350.00
  **[PER SET OF 3]{.mark}^1^**                                             
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1.  **INCLUDES ROCK.**

**Limitations:** WHIP financial assistance is limited to installing the
conservation practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource
concerns addressed by the planning objectives. A detailed plan must be
approved by NRCS.

Rip-rap will only be used to protect actively eroding stream banks.

An "As Built" plan must be completed at the end of construction and
maintained with the original contract file.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
after year of installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256761 .anchor}TREE AND SHRUB ESTABLISHMENT
(612)

**Acres**

**Purpose:** To restore degraded woodland or shrub lands, or establish a
stand of trees or shrubs to achieve specific wildlife habitat
objectives.

**Applicability:** Tree or Shrub planting is authorized where the
objective is to increase an existing forest stand, or to connect
fragmented areas of woodland or shrub land. Planting into an existing
stand may be used to improve degraded woodland or shrub land for
specific wildlife habitat objectives.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario as shown in the table
below.**

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  **Component**                                 **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                       Rate**

  Tree/Shrub Establishment, Softwoods, Machine  Acre                   \$125.00
  Planting                                                             

  Tree/Shrub Establishment, Softwoods, Machine  Acre                   \$275.00
  Planting with Tree Shelters^1^                                       

  Tree/Shrub Establishment, Hardwoods, Machine  Acre                   \$220.00
  Planting                                                             

  Tree/Shrub Establishment, Hardwoods, Machine  Acre                   \$370.00
  Planting with Tree Shelters^1^                                       

  Tree/Shrub Establishment, Hand Planting       Acre                   \$275.00
  Hardwoods or Softwoods                                               

  Tree/Shrub Establishment, Hand Planting       Acre                   \$425.00
  Hardwoods or Softwoods with Tree Shelters^1^                         

  Tree/Shrub Establishment, Direct Seeding      Acre                   \$ 60.00
  (Nuts)                                                               

  Shrub Planting, Pollinators**^2^**            Acre                   \$425.00
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**Limitations:** Financial assistance is limited to installing the
conservation practice to the extent necessary to meet the resource
concerns addressed by the planning objectives.

Average costs shown include planting stock, and planting costs.

Riparian buffers around intermittent streams, drainage ditches, ponds,
or springs are not eligible for cost-sharing.

1.  **This practice will only be used to implement a planned savanna or
    barrens restoration.**

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  **^2^ Shrub Planting                                  
  Pollinators scenario MUST                             
  include at least one                                  
  species from each of the                              
  three groups below, with a                            
  minimum of 20 % from each                             
  group. Shrub plantings                                
  shall be a minimum of 600                             
  shrubs per acre.**                                    

  **Group 1**                **Group 2**                **Group 3**

  Cornus anomum-Silky        Cornus anomum-Silky        Amorpha
  Dogwood (1,2)              Dogwood (1,2)              canescens-Leadplant

  Cornus sericea-Red Osier   Cornus sericea-Red Osier   Cornus sericea Red
  Dogwood (1,2,3)            Dogwood (1,2,3)            Osier Dogwood (1,2,3)

  Ilex                       Ilex                       
  verticillata-Winterberry   verticillata-Winterberry   
  (1,2)                      (1,2)                      

  Amelanchier                Physocarpus                
  arborea-Serviceberry (2,3) opulifolius-Ninebark (1,2) 

  Physocarpus                Spirea alba-Meadowsweet    Spirea alba-Meadowsweet
  opulifolius-Ninebark (1,2) (1,2)                      (1,2)

  Prunus americana-Wild Plum Spirea                     Spirea
  (2,3)                      tomentosa-Steeplebush      tomentosa-Steeplebush
                             (1,2)                      (1,2)

  Prunus virginiana-Choke    Vibernum                   
  cherry (1,2,3)             lentago-Nannyberry (1,2,3) 

  Vibernum opulus -Highbush  Sambucus nigra v           Sambucus nigra v
  cranberry (1,2)            canadensis-Elderberry      canadensis-Elderberry
                             (1,2)                      (1,2)

  Vibernum                   Vibernum opulus-Highbush   Ceanothus
  lentago-Nannyberry (1,2,3) cranberry (1,2)            americanus-New Jersey
                                                        Tea (2,3)

                             Amorpha                    
                             canescens-Leadplant (3)    

                             Ceanothus americanus-New   
                             Jersey Tea (2,3)           

  **Numbers in parenthesis                              
  indicate soil moisture                                
  regimes: 1 = Wet, 2 =                                 
  Medium, 3 = Dry**                                     
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**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
after year of installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256762 .anchor}UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT
MANAGEMENT (645)

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To create, maintain, or enhance habitat suitable for
sustaining desired species of upland wildlife.

**Applicability:** On all lands that are suitable for the kinds of
wildlife food or cover plants that are planned and needed.

**Payment Schedule:** **Payment rate as shown below.**

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  **Component**                                  **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                        Rate**

  Hibernaculum                                   Each                   \$695.00
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**Limitations:** Plans will be developed by a professional wildlife
person and approved by the NRCS District Conservationist.

Other practices may be used in conjunction with 645 to implement this
plan within the contract, and may include any of the practices eligible
under the current year list for the WHIP program.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
after year of installation.**

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc219256763 .anchor}WETLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT
MANAGEMENT (644)

**Acre**

**Purpose:** To maintain, establish, or improve habitat for waterfowl,
fur-bearers, or other wetland dependent wildlife.

**Applicability:** This practice applies to establishment of food,
cover, and shelter for wetland dependent wildlife.

**Payment Schedule: Payment rate per scenario** as shown in the table
below.

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  **Component**                                    **Unit**   **Limit**   **Payment
                                                                          Rate**

  Tree Drops, on site.                             No.                    \$ 18.00

  Tree Drops, tree transported to site             No.                    \$ 93.00

  Loon Nesting Platforms                           No.                    \$ 93.00

  Osprey Nesting Platforms                         No.                    \$375.00

  Wood Duck Nesting Box                            No.                    \$ 30.00

  Wild Rice Seeding                                Ac.                    \$600.00

  Wild Rice Seeding with Invasives Removal         Ac.                    \$650.00
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**Limitations:** Contract payments for Wild Rice seeding may be divided
so that Rice may be planted up to three times on the same acres, to help
ensure establishment. Plans will be developed by a professional wildlife
person and approved by the NRCS District Conservationist.

Other practices may be utilized to implement this plan within the
contract, and may include any of the practices eligible under the
current year list for the WHIP program.

**Maintenance: Practice will be maintained for a lifespan of 10 years
after year of installation.**

Wild Rice establishment will be conducted in appropriate locations as
per WI Biology Technical Note 3.

Information and guidance on all types of nesting structures can be found
at: <ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/WHMI/WEB/pdf/Nestingstr.pdf>

\*Tree Drops will be installed in accordance with WI Biology Technical
Note 6.

> **THIS PRACTICE IS AVAILABLE TO TRIBAL APPLICANTS, ONLY**

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