Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

Helping farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners remain profitable and resilient in the face of natural resource challenges.

The Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems (CRARS) is pleased to be collaborating with 12 other conservation partners to support the implementation of soil health management systems in northern California as part of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) sponsored by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This five-year project is designed to help orchard/vineyard, rangeland, dairy, and row crop producers build food and fiber production resiliency to counter extreme weather, degraded soil health, and biodiversity loss. Our project is part of a nationwide effort to protect agricultural viability in the face of natural resource challenges and instability. In particular, we work in collaboration with NRCS to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners implement systems that will help them remain profitable by conserving water and soil resources, and improving the health of the habitats where their properties reside.

Funding is available to help landowners implement these improvements and for technical assistance to help ensure success.

 Funds can be used for:

• Technical assistance to plan and design conservation practices(opens in new window)
• Reimbursement for implementation of conservation practices

Projects that emphasize systems-based, holistic conservation planning with a focus on soil health will be prioritized.

Historically underserved applicants will also be given priority.

Eligible practices include but are not limited to:

• Cover crops (PDF)
• Composting (PDF)
• Hedgerows (PDF)
• Conservation tillage (PDF)
• Adaptive grazing (PDF)

Full list of eligible practices (PDF)

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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement USDA NRCS grant #2338.

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