Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) encourages partners to join in efforts with producers to increase the restoration and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales (Through: ACEP, EQIP, CSP, HRP [see other programs in table]).

Eligible Partners: Agricultural or silvicultural producer associations, farmer cooperatives or other groups of producers, state or local governments, American Indian tribes, municipal water treatment entities, water and irrigation districts, conservation-driven nongovernmental organizations and institutions of higher education.   Eligible Participants: Under RCPP, eligible producers and landowners of agricultural land and non-industrial private forestland may enter into conservation program contracts or easement agreements under the framework of a partnership agreement. Producers and landowners can contact a partner directly about participation in a project, or contact a local NRCS office for information about existing projects.

Restoration efforts could double as climate change adaptation. Sustainable use of resources is adapting to the climate.

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Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

NRCS implements RCPP conservation program contracts and easement agreements through four existing NRCS programs authorities.