Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR)

Contact Migratory Bird Biologist Wes Little at 1-800-858-1549 or wes.little@ky.gov, or your local regional wildlife biologist (fw.ky.gov, search 'regional wildlife biologist'). Sign-ups Aug. 1 through Dec. 31.

Deadline text on the page: Sign-ups are being taken from Aug. 1 through Dec. 31. Fields must be open to the public from Sept. 1 through Oct. 26. (Flyer created Aug 2022; the July 30, 2026 dove news still lists 'a private land cooperator field in Lincoln County', so the program is active.)

Wes Little

Migratory Bird Biologist

General office

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife pays farmers to plant dove-attracting crops such as sunflowers, corn, millet or wheat, and then open those fields to public dove hunting. Payments are $300 an acre for planting plus $25 an acre for usage, up to $10,000.



- Fields must be crop-able
- Fields are evaluated for sufficient dove potential and access before being considered
- Fields must be open to the public from Sept. 1 through Oct. 26

Payment per unit of land to do or avoid certain practices related to land management.

Easement

Payment based on acres planted and total acres of public access; $300/acre planting payment; $25/acre usage payment; maximum $10,000.

Published amounts: Farmers can earn up to $10,000. Landowners receive: $300 an acre planting payment for crops; $25 an acre usage payment for crop fields, huntable land surrounding crop fields and parking areas.

Landowners contact the FILO Stream Team. Projects are screened by FILO staff; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has final approval; title review; easement recorded after approval.

Deadline text on the page: No deadline; potential projects are screened by FILO staff on a rolling basis.

Tricia Orme

Credit assistance contact (FILO)

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife's in-lieu-fee mitigation program restores unstable, eroding streams and wetlands on private land and protects them permanently through purchase or conservation easement. Landowners keep ownership under an easement and may be paid for it. Design, construction and monitoring are funded by the program.



- Streams that are unstable, eroding, and have trees removed from stream banks (sewer or utility projects do not qualify)
- Existing or potential wetlands may qualify for preservation, enhancement, rehabilitation or establishment
- Generally both sides of the stream must be available; a minimum of 1,000 feet of stream
- Project area cannot be mined or developed for coal, oil, gas or other minerals
- All projects must be permanently protected through sale or conservation easement; no public access is granted

Permanent protection through sale or conservation easement; development restricted within project boundaries; streams monitored for at least 7 years and wetlands for 10 years.

Published amounts: Landowners may be compensated or donate easements. Engineering firms complete design work at no cost to landowners.

List of Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) Funding Opportunities