Landowner Incentive Program Grants / Funding


2010 Landowner Incentive Program Grant Applications Are Due February 1, 2010.
An application form, instructions, and evaluation criteria are available in the shaded box on the right.

The Landowner Incentive Program is a competitive grant process that provides financial assistance to private landowners for the protection, enhancement, or restoration of habitat to benefit at-risk species on private lands.

The LIP focus areas are:


A 35-percent nonfederal contribution is required, which may include cash or in-kind contribution, such as labor, machinery or materials, from the landowner, land trust or other nonfederal organizations involved in the project. Priority will be given to projects that provide more than the required minimum 35-percent nonfederal contribution.

Private landowners or groups, such as land conservancies or trusts working with private landowners are encouraged to submit proposals for projects that conserve, enhance or restore habitats for at-risk species.

Example projects include restoring native vegetation, prescribed burns, grazing management, brush and invasive weed management, removing fish passage barriers, stream restoration, and conservation easements. LIP biologists are available in Fish and Game regional offices to help.

For information contact Karla Drewsen at Fish and Game, 208-334-2920.


State and federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, or disability. This program receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination per Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Anyone believing he or she has been discriminated against as described above in any program, activity, or facility may write to: