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Applications go through a ranking period after they close and only the highest-ranking projects are funded. For 2027 practices, fill out the CIP interest form; contact a Private Lands Biologist or the CIP Program Coordinator.

Deadline text on the page: Applications for the 2026 Conservation Incentive Program Feral Hog Trap reimbursement are now closed. Landowners interested in applying for future habitat practices with the 2027 Conservation Inventive Program are invited to fill out an interest form.

AGFC Conservation Incentive Program

Program Coordinator

Garrick Dugger

Chief of Private Lands Habitat Division

Randy Brents

Assistant Chief of Private Lands Habitat Division

AGFC reimburses private landowners for wildlife habitat practices, up to $20,000 per landowner, with applications ranked and approved before work begins. The 2026 round covered upland forest management, firebreaks and prescribed burning, invasive tree removal, and feral hog traps (75% of trap cost for owners or co-ops of at least 100 acres); the 2024 round also paid rice farmers to flood fields for waterfowl. The 2026 hog-trap round is closed and AGFC is taking interest forms for 2027 practices.



- Arkansas private landowners (or lessees for the hog-trap practice) — must fill out an application and, if approved, provide a W-9 matching the application
- Hog traps: own or lease at least 100 contiguous acres (or a same-county co-op totaling 100+ acres), one trap per 500 acres, max three; photo evidence of hogs or hog damage in the last six months; record catches in the AGFC monitoring app and complete an online training
- 2026 habitat practices: minimum of 10 acres of habitat manipulation

A payment that requires some percentage of matching contributions by the recipient.

Cost Share

Reimbursement after approval; cap $20,000 per landowner; hog-trap reimbursement 75% of cost in two payments (45% on receipts, 30% after first documented trap event).

Published amounts: Maximum of $20,000 per Landowner. Hog traps: reimbursement rate set at 75% of the actual cost for eligible traps and control systems (paid 45% then 30%). 2026 news release: $200 per acre for upland hardwood/pine forest management; $1.50 per linear foot for dozer lines and $50 per acre for prescribed burning; $200 per acre for invasive tree removal.

Contact your local Stream Habitat Coordinator (and NRCS) to determine which funding is appropriate; write to State Stream Habitat Coordinator, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 2 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205.

Deadline text on the page: No dates published.

Tim Burnley

Stream Habitat Program Supervisor

General office (Stream Habitat)

Lesley Twiner

Stream Habitat Coordinator — Northeast

Garrett Grimes

Stream Habitat Coordinator — Northwest

Aaron Norton

Stream Habitat Coordinator — South

Megan Brandt

Stream Habitat Coordinator — Trout Waters (North)

Matthew Irvin

Stream Habitat Coordinator — West-Central

AGFC's Stream Habitat Program helps private landowners plan and fund restoration of eroding streambanks and in-stream habitat, including navigating permits. AGFC's own contribution comes from Stream Team Program Funds, capped at $5,000 or 25% of total project cost, whichever comes first; coordinators also help stack other sources such as NRCS EQIP and USFWS programs. AGFC publishes no application form or schedule; contact a stream habitat coordinator to start a project.



- Private landowners with eroding streambanks or degraded in-stream habitat in Arkansas
- Projects usually need Clean Water Act 401/404 permits (applicant's responsibility)

AGFC share capped at $5,000 or 25% of actual total project cost; landowner contribution can be cash or in-kind (equipment, labor, fencing, tree planting).

Published amounts: Stream Team Program Funds. These funds can be used for any portion of the project. It cannot exceed $5,000 or 25% of the actual total cost of the project, whichever comes first.

Contact the AGFC WRICE Program Coordinator.

Deadline text on the page: No producer sign-up dates published; 2026-27 WRICE permit hunt draw schedule is posted, so the program is active this season.

David Graves

AGFC WRICE Program Coordinator

AGFC pays Arkansas rice farmers to skip fall tillage, leave stubble and flood harvested fields during waterfowl migration, and to allow weekend permitted public waterfowl hunts on those fields. Farmers still operate and harvest normally. An expansion pays landowners with Wetland Reserve Easements $50 per acre to open enrolled WRICE property to year-round public hunting and wildlife viewing.



- Arkansas rice producers willing to leave stubble, flood fields during migration and allow permitted public waterfowl hunting
- Landowners with Wetland Reserve Easements for the $50/acre access portion

Per-acre payments; fields stay in normal rice production; public access through AGFC permit-hunt draws.

Published amounts: This new portion of the program will pay landowners $50/acre to allow public access to their currently enrolled WRICE properties for hunting and wildlife-viewing throughout the year. (Rice-field payment rates not published.)

List of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) Funding Opportunities