About the Program
The Nesting Bird Habitat Program (NBHIP) supports nesting habitat on private agricultural land near rice and wetlands for upland nesting ducks and other waterbirds. This program is funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and administered by California Waterfowl (CWA). Please visit CWA’s NBHIP website for more detailed information.
Rice Levees
The Rice Levee, Road Edge, and Ag Corridor Program provides an incentive for farmers to provide waterfowl nesting habitat on rice levees and roads during the spring and summer. To be eligible for this program landowners must be willing to forgo mowing or reconstruction of their rice levees or roads from the previous growing season. Payment rate is $0.80 per linear foot of levee or road enrolled. Applications are open in October and November each year. Program habitat is implemented from December through July.
Please visit CWA’s NBHIP Rice Levees website for more detailed information.
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Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program (NBHIP) – Rice Levees
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