The Department of Agriculture offers many programs to help landowners manage their property in a way that will help and support the environment.  The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is responsible for overseeing some of these initiatives.  We applied for the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) through the NRCS several years ago and were accepted.  As part of this program we planted several small fields with native warm season grasses to improve the habitat for wildlife.  Along one edge of each field we planted a small food plot.  On the outside edge of each field we have planted various fruit and mast trees, many of which we have purchased from the GFC’s Flint Nursery.