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Habitat Improvement Program (HIP):
Food for people, habitat for wildlife!
Start where the path branches around a demonstration of Idaho's Habitat
Improvement Program (HIP). You'll see wheat, corn, sorghum, sunflowers and other agricultural crops here. The HIP program demonstrates how ranchers, farmers and others can grow crops for people and wildlife habitat at the same time. In addition to planting some crops for wildlife, farmers and ranchers can leave a rough border of plants around their fields to provide nesting cover and shelter for wildlife. These "fuzzy edges" attract more wildlife than a field cleanly cropped on all sides. The food and shelter provided in HIP areas are especially important in winter.
