Open Pine RCPP #2 3631 FY26 priority

<p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>The AR-LA Conservation Delivery Network Open Pine Landscape Restoration Partnership RCPP #2 Project will address wildlife habitat, fire management, and water quality concerns in Arkansas and Louisiana. By implementing open pine forest management practices across 47 counties and parishes in Arkansas and Louisiana, this project will advance the recovery of species of conservation concern.&nbsp;</p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, NotoColorEmoji, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Android Emoji&quot;, EmojiSymbols; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:inherit;'><span style='border-width:0px; font:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>This is the priority layer for the&nbsp;</span></span><span style='color:inherit; font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:inherit;'><span style='border-width:0px; box-sizing:border-box; font-feature-settings:inherit; font-kerning:inherit; font-size-adjust:inherit; font-stretch:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>AR-LA Conservation Delivery Network Open Pine Landscape Restoration Regional Conservation&nbsp;Partnership Program #2, often called the Open Pine RCPP #2, for FY26. This helps inform&nbsp;</span></span><span style='color:inherit; font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, NotoColorEmoji, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Android Emoji&quot;, EmojiSymbols; font-size:inherit;'><span style='border-width:0px; box-sizing:border-box; font-feature-settings:inherit; font-kerning:inherit; font-size-adjust:inherit; font-stretch:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>communications and</span></span><span style='color:inherit; font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:inherit;'><span style='border-width:0px; box-sizing:border-box; font-feature-settings:inherit; font-kerning:inherit; font-size-adjust:inherit; font-stretch:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>&nbsp;funding to identified priority landscapes but may&nbsp;not preclude other open pine landscape restoration management outside of this area.</span></span></p>