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 1601 - 1610 of 1760 projects
Southwest MS RC & D
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MS
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2006
Completed energy audits for poultry growers in South MS.
Southwest MS RC & D
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MS
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2006
The project Utilized solar heat to generate hot water to reduce the operating cost and expense in dairy operations.
Sustainable Conservation
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CA
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2006
Build experience crafting and implementing Safe Harbor Agreements with the intention of overcoming regulatory obstacles limiting effectiveness and gaining the capability of transferring the technology on borad scale in the future, will provide a mechanism to reward private landowners for their efforts to maintain and enhance habitat for endangered, actively work toward the recovery of listed species, build trust between agencies and the private landowning community.
Tetonka LLP
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SD
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2006
Establisedh a wetland mitigation bank which will serve both agricultural and urban land users in a 4 county area. It will enable these land users to replace the functions and values of lower performing wetlands with high performing wetland credits from a wetland bank established by the end of the project.
Chester County Conservation District
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PA
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2005
In February 2005, Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies were written and adopted by the Chester County Conservation District and Board of Directors. A significant challenge for this area is sedimentation of water bodies due to the widespread use of intensive tillage methods. The purpose of this project is to encourage the adoption of conservation tillage practices among Plain Sect producers through demonstration and evaluation of a horse drawn no-till corn planter. The planter will be provided free of charge to Plain Sect (primarily Amish) farmers in the Octoraro, Elks, and North East watersheds. Widespread adoption of conservation tillage is an important component of the tributary strategies for this area.
World Wildlife Fund
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DC
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2005
Over the last forty years, the producers in Sierra and Dona Ana Counties in New Mexico have shifted their crop mix in response to market conditions and an above average water supply. Cotton and other low water-use crops have been replaced by pecans, alfalfa and other high water-use crops. Since the late 1990s, however, the region has experienced drought conditions, or what some scientists characterized as a return to “normal” conditions. The drought coupled with the shift to high water-use crops has highlighted the need to maximize irrigation efficiency in agricultural production in the region. Few producers are currently using any irrigation efficiency practices. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate, evaluate, and encourage the adoption of innovative irrigation efficiency practices, including soil moisture monitoring.
Propane Education & Research Council
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DC
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2005
The Propane Education & Research Council has partnered with the Western Placer Unified School District’s Lincoln High School, which operates a 280-acre farm and a 179-acre outdoor learning environment facility. The school’s farming operation is critical to implementing the school’s curriculum, and is used by several hundred students each year. The purpose of this project is to provide Lincoln High School’s farming operation with a lower-emitting propane irrigation engine, an organic propane-fueled steam weed control device, and an intelligent remotely-accessible moisture measurement and telemetry system to allow for real-time adjustments to irrigation pump operation. Air quality benefits will be realized with the use of a lower-emitting pump engine; soil benefits will be realized by the routine operation of the thermal weed control system; and both water and Energy conservation will be realized through the use of a “smart” ALV irrigation system.
Yandow Farm
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VT
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2005
The Keyline irrigation and soil building system originated in Australia in the 1950s. Keyline is a comprehensive land design and development system that combines large, on-farm dams and rapid, gravity powered flood irrigation. Irrigation and subsoiling in conjunction with planned grazing of livestock yields rapid conversion of subsoil to topsoil, yielding attendant production and environmental benefits. Due to local conservation concerns the owner of the Yandow Farm convened a planning team of farmers, environmentalists, political representatives, and state and federal personnel to assist in planning the design of a Keyline Flood-Flow irrigated landscape on the farm. The purpose of this project is to construct and begin operation of a Keyline flood-flow irrigated agro-forestry landscape system, quantitatively measure the results of landscape implementation, and disseminate the resulting information and lessons into the larger agricultural and environmental conservation communities.
Willcox-San Simon NRCD
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AZ
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2005
The Willcox-San Simon Natural Resource Conservation District encompasses 2.1 million acres in northern Cochise and southern Graham Counties of Arizona. The entire area is semi-arid with 80,000 acres of cropland (65,000 currently in production) that relies on deep underlying aquifers for irrigation. Dramatic deepening of wells in the 1970’s, land subsidence and drying of the aquifer under the Kansas Settlement region of the District led to the abandonment of nearly 20,000 acres of cropland. According to data supplied by the Arizona Department of Water Resources, water users are currently pumping at twice the rate of recharge. In recent years, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has helped producers install more efficient irrigation systems. While over 90% of producers have installed more efficient systems, less than 10% of the producers in the District use monitoring technology and equipment to schedule irrigation and/or coordinate water application to crop needs. Pump operation costs are at $200 per day during the growing season. Many operators are trying various methods to cut costs but don’t have access to adequate information. This results in under watering, over watering, applications that are not timed to meet the crop needs, and reduced yields. With use of monitoring technology, water consumption could be cut by up to 45% without a sacrifice in yield. The purpose of this project is to reduce water consumption by engaging producers to adopt irrigation monitoring and scheduling technology to complement their efficient irrigation systems.
University of Georgia
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GA
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2005
Solar powered irrigation exists primarily in the Western portions of the United States where daily solar radiation exposures are much greater than for the Eastern US, but more importantly there is a low concentration of power service available for irrigation pumps. There is currently very little to no data available concerning solar powered pumps in states east of Arizona. Recent advancements in solar technologies have provided better solar cells for producing solar electricity, better pumps to achieve required pumping pressures and better pumps to achieve sufficient gallons per hour. These technological advancements mean that smaller producers in non-traditional solar regions of the country may now consider using solar power to pump captured runoff water using drip irrigation technology as a supplemental Energy source. The use of this innovative technology on small farms will increase the sustainability of a farming system by reducing the need and dependence on line electricity to pump deep well water while also using captured water for better water management. This project will demonstrate that solar power can be a large supplemental and feasible Energy source for irrigation in rural areas. We will also demonstrate how soil moisture sensors can be used to conserve water through proper and timely irrigation.