WHEP (Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program) is a 4-H youth natural resource program dedicated to teaching wildlife and fisheries habitat management to junior and senior level (ages 8-19) youth in the United States.
WHEP won the 1996 Wildlife Society Conservation Education Award. The Wildlife Society is the professional organization that certifies wildlife biologists nationwide.
Participants in WHEP learn to:
identify common wildlife foods
judge quality of wildlife habitat from aerial photos
recommend wildlife habitat management practices
develop a rural wildlife management plan
develop an urban wildlife management plan
Photos on this site copyright Dennis Gallus
NEWS & EVENTS
The new WHEP manual is now available.
It has been updated as of April 22, 2008
