"This Partnership has been working tirelessly to offer rice producers from each of the six rice-growing states assistance to address water quantity, water quality and wildlife habitat on working ricelands... These efforts are possible thanks to funding provided by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and private partners. After completion, these projects will have provided over $181 million in conservation funds to rice farmers and impacted an additional 1.1 million U.S. rice acres which would not have been possible without the work of the Rice Stewardship Partnership."