Project Search
Since its inception in 2004, CIG has funded hundreds of projects, boosting natural resource conservation while helping producers improve the health of their operations for the future. Use this tool to search for CIG projects based on any of the criteria listed below.
CIG projects from 2004-2009 may be missing information in the following categories: Resource Concern (specific), Conservation Practice, Production/Use.
Showing 1481 - 1490 of 1760 projects
University of Denver
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CO
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2007
This project is designed to evaluate the environmental effect of the direct field application of the reacted effluent to agricultural lands. A chemical reactor system, Vertical Tube Reactor (VTR), employs air to oxidize the impurities in aqueous hog waste. The process is known as 'wet oxidation'. The goal of the work proposed here is to evaluate the effectiveness of the VTR in treating wastewaters under different reactor conditions to produce water that can be reused for irrigation purposes.
University of Maine
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ME
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2007
Biomass Harvesting Guidelines for Acadian Forest developed
University of Maryland
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MD
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2007
To develop a model equine rotational grazing system that showcases bmp 's for pastures.
University of Maryland
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MD
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2007
The grant to develop and evaluate methods for prescribing variable rate nitrogen application on grain corn in Maryland in order to increase nitrogen use efficiency.
University of Delaware
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DE
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2006
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to demonstrate that animal agriculture can be sustained by producing and exporting value-added manure products from farms with manure surpluses to farms that have traditionally relied upon inorganic fertilizers and to the horticultural operations that comprise the Green Industry.
Xerces Society, Inc.
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CA
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2006
The project Implemenedt, evaluated and refined pollinator conservation practices, increased habitat supporting native bees on two farms, developed management plans to mitigate negative impacts on native bees, developed a citizen based monitoring protocol to assess pollinator community and function, conducted a cost v benefits analysis for pollinator restoration
Zachary and Patricia Wirth DBA Rocking Z Ranch
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MT
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2006
The purpose of this grant is to convert a petroleum diesel fuel powered irrigation pump to a system that utilizes Recycled Straight Vegetable Oil (RSVO) for powering an irrigation system pump, to demonstrate the adaptation of the conversion of the existing system use current technology, and to provide a final report on the effectiveness of the project such that NRCS may incorporate the information learned into conservation programs.
Washington Association of Wheat Growers
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WA
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2006
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to address natural resource concerns for soil and atmospheric resources. The project director and manager of the grant entitled "Demonstrate and Advance the Undercutter Method for Winter Wheat - Summer Fallow Farming in the Inland Parcif Northwest" will consult with Conservation Districts, Washington State University and Washington State Department of Ecology. The grant, through cost share to growers is projected to reduce soil erosion and airborne dust particulates from summer-fallowed soil in the winter wheat - summer fallow region of the Pacific Northwest.
Michigan Department of Agriculture
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MI
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2006
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to address the following two Natural Resource Component concerns: water resources by addressing two sub-topics: 1) nutrient, pesticide, and pathogen transport to surface and groundwater; and 2) sediment transport to surface water; and soil resources by addressing the sub-topic of erosion reduction. The Agricultural Stewardship Division of the State of Michigan will develop a system that employs High Impact Targeting (HIT) to the Application of Conservation Tools to High Risk Erosion Areas for Maximum Sediment Reductions from agricultural lands in the Great Lakes Basin. Phase 1 includes development of this system as a web-accessible (online), interactive GIS tool to enable quick and widespread dissemination of this tool to target those risk areas with the greatest potential to deliver sediment loadings that degrade water quality. This tool, as a prerequisite for precision conservation, will be designed for use by field staff or landowners in four Michigan watersheds to target high risk areas to reduce soil erosion and adverse levels of sediment loadings to receiving waters. An advanced interpersonal and online learning model will be developed by the Institute of Water Research and applied to education outreach. This model will support attitudinal and behavioral changes necessary to implement appropriate BMPs on targeted high-risk erosion areas. This regional model can be expanded to other Great Lakes Basin states.
Chicago Climate Exchange
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IL
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2006
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to provide market-based incentives to enable farmers and other agricultural producers to realize a new income stream derived from the provision of environmental services using existing and emerging carbon markets. The Chicago Climate Exchange will provide scientifically validated methodology and market-based incentives to enable farmers and other agricultural producers to realize a new income stream derived from the provision of environmental services increasingly in demand through existing and emerging carbon markets. These markets are national and potentially global and serve to provide a cost-effective mechanism to aid the overall management and reduction of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane. Specifically the program seeks to implement and intensify an innovative system for securing, verifying, and registering sequestered carbon by agricultural producers through conservation tillage, improved manure management, and small scale forestry. These procedures can enable producers to capture, store and reduce GHG emissions while also creating significant environmental co-benefits from enhanced air, soil, and water quality through the use of these emissions reducing practices.