{"id":53927,"date":"2020-05-06T10:21:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/?p=53927"},"modified":"2020-05-21T17:26:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T21:26:41","slug":"deeper-dive-rcpp-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/blog\/deeper-dive-rcpp-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deeper Dive: The Regional Conservation Partnership Program Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Green-field-of-spring-grass-and-forest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Green-field-of-spring-grass-and-forest.jpg 694w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Green-field-of-spring-grass-and-forest-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><figcaption><em>Through RCPP, landowners, non-profits, and NRCS work together to conserve large landscapes and watersheds. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/publications\/grassrootsguide\/conservation-environment\/cooperative-conservation-partnership-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Regional Conservation Partnership Program<\/a> (RCPP) has helped conserve thousands of acres across the country by promoting partnerships between producers and organizations, with support from the federal government. These partnerships, most often led by non-profit conservation organizations, involve sometimes hundreds of landowners and work to address resource concerns across landscapes and watersheds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=NRCS-2019-0012-0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Interim Final Rule<\/a> (the rule) on RCPP that details how they expect to implement changes to RCPP put in place by the 2018 Farm Bill since its inception in 2014. While many of the changes made in the rule track nicely with the changes made in the 2018 Farm Bill, here are a few areas of concern that NSAC is planning to raise in its comments on the rule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fairness for Small Producers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Because RCPP\u2019s stated goal is to maximize\nconservation, it is easy for NRCS to target the program to the largest\nlandowners with existing connections with leading partner organizations. While\nsome good conservation outcomes may come from these arrangements, it is\nimportant to include a broad and varied group of farmers and ranchers into\nthese partnerships. Throughout our comments, we are asking that NRCS\nprioritize outreach to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers \u2013\nespecially farmers of color \u2013 who have systematically been excluded from many\nFarm Bill programs historically. Conservation benefits everyone, and we believe\nthat our federal conservation programs should reflect that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also believe that the rule should contain\nguidelines to conduct significant outreach to bring small and midsize farms\ninto the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Payment\nLimitations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Farm Bill, commodity and conservation program participation is denied if a person has adjusted gross (net) income of over $900,000 a year, or double that for most married couples.  RCPP is unique in potentially allowing for waivers to that income-based needs test.  The RCPP rule states that this limit can be waived if the NRCS Chief considers a project to be of sufficient environmental benefit. However, there is nothing in the rule that indicates what is considered environmentally beneficial, or why extraordinarily wealthy individuals would need such help to begin with.  We believe it is important that those criteria are made public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2018 Farm Bill made RCPP its own stand alone program, rather than an amalgam of other farm bill conservation programs.  In doing so, however, Congress did not create a separate RCPP contract payment limitation, leaving that decision up to USDA in writing the rule.  Unfortunately, USDA failed to supply one, potentially leaving the program, uniquely among all farm bill programs, without a payment limit.  We believe this oversight must be corrected in the final version of the rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allowing the super rich to participate, and giving some producers big contracts, necessarily means that there would be less money available for others to participate. Concentrated investments in a few, very costly RCPP projects could lead to fewer important conservation projects throughout the country, which is certainly not what Congress intended when it created this program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Soil Quality<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>NRCS has listed eight distinct regions as \u201cCritical\nConservation Areas\u201d under RCPP. Some of these regions include places like the\nChesapeake Bay watershed, the Mississippi River Basin, Prairie Grasslands, and\nother iconic American landscapes. Under the program, producers and their\npartners can apply for funding to address specific resource concerns in these\nCritical Conservation Areas. Each of these areas has unique needs \u2013 in some\nareas applicants can ask for funding to address wildlife needs, water quality\nneeds, or a host of other needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, soil quality degradation is listed as a\npriority resource concern in only one of the eight Critical Conservation Areas:\nthe Colorado River Basin. We are asking NRCS to list soil quality\ndegradation as a priority resource concern in all eight areas. We know that\nsoil health and quality is not only important in one part of the country, but\nrather it is important everywhere, whether it pertains to soil erosion, organic\nmatter in the soil, or other soil health metrics that we know leads to\nhealthier farms and landscapes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How\nCan You Help?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested, we encourage you to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/comment?D=NRCS-2019-0012-0001\" target=\"_blank\">submit comments<\/a> on RCPP\u2019s rule to NRCS <strong>by 11:59 PM on May 12. <\/strong>Please feel free to include any of the above information in your comments, your own thoughts on the rule, as well as any personal connection you might have to the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">** Please note this post was updated on 5\/6\/2020 to correct an error related to payment limits <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) has helped conserve thousands of acres across the country by promoting partnerships between producers and organizations, with support from the federal government. 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