Entities that are classified as one of the following organizational types can serve as an eligible RCPP partner:

• An agricultural or silvicultural producer association or other group of producers;
• A state or unit of local government;
• An Indian tribe;
• A farmer cooperative;
• A water district, irrigation district, acequia, rural water district or association, or other organization with specific water delivery authority to agricultural producers;
• A municipal water or wastewater treatment entity;
• An institution of higher education;
• An organization, or entity with an established history of working cooperatively with producers on agricultural land (as determined by NRCS) to address:
  • local conservation priorities related to agricultural production, wildlife habitat development, or nonindustrial private forest land management; or
  • critical watershed-scale soil erosion, water quality, sediment reduction, or other natural resource issues.
• An entity, such as an Indian tribe, state government, local government, or a non- governmental organization, that has a farmland or grassland protection program that purchases agricultural land easements as defined in 7 CFR Part 1468.3;
• A conservation district