AR-LA RCPP is Approved for Second Round of Funding

On June 18, 2025, the LMVJV received the long-awaited official notice that RCPP Project #3631 (RCPP #2), with lead partner American Bird Conservancy, was approved to go forward to manage a 2025-2029 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) project from USDA’s NRCS, with a substantial budget of $21,250,000! Lifting of the federal funding "freeze" on this project is what has made this possible.

We will be closing out the last year of our current RCPP in 2026, and transitioning our work into the 47 Counties and Parishes of RCPP#2 later this year. 

This will greatly expand the good work already accomplished by RCPP#1 in AR and LA. In addition to the WGCP AR-LA CDN geography's “Open Pine” supported via the RCPP!