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The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP) provides grants to States and tribal governments to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make land available for public access for wildlife-dependent recreation, including hunting or fishing under programs administered by States and tribal governments.
Learn about VPA-HIP by selecting one of these files:
- Participating States (PDF)
- VPA HIP Program 2011 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Interim Rule for VPA-HIP (PDF; 84KB, Jul 8, 2010)
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Up to $50 million in CCC funds is authorized to States and tribal governments through FY2012. Grant applications must describe intended benefits from encouraging public access to farm and ranch land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.
Priority to be given to program proposals that:
- are likely to be broadly accepted among landowners
- enroll land with appropriate wildlife habitat
- strengthen wildlife habitat improvement efforts on land enrolled in special conservation reserve enhancement program by providing incentives to increase public hunting and other recreational access
- use grant money in conjunction with other Federal, State, or tribal resources to carry out program
- notify public of location of land enrolled
Grants will be reduced by 25% if opening dates for migratory-bird hunting in a State are not consistent for residents and nonresidents. This does not apply to grants to tribal governments.
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