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 1151 - 1160 of 1760 projects
Xerces Society, Inc
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OR
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2009
The purpose is to evaluate the effects of Habitat restoration for crop pollinating native bee, natural enemies of crops pests and crop productivity and disseminate the results.
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, Inc
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KY
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2009
The purpose is to demonstrate and grow the role carbon revenue can play as market-based economic incentives that result in sustainable forest practice at scale in private lands.
West Virginia University Research Corporation
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WV
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2009
The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia is a major agricultural center with some of the most intensive agriculture in the State. The purpose is to demonstrate the effectiveness of precision agriculture in combination with cover crop, nutrient allocation and sequestration to improve ground and surface water quality in Karst Geology of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
Hansen Energy and Environmental
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UT
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2009
The purpose is to demonstrate an economical method to convert methane that is produced on the farm from waste products into a liquid fuel.
California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
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CA
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2009
The purpose is to develop, implement and evaluate a comprehensive system of industry-wide performance benchmarking, tools and resources in order to drive conservation innovation and speed adoption of sustainable practices in California wine community and other wine region and agricultural sectors to address national natural resource concerns such as water, atmospheric and soil resources, and wildlife Habitat.
The Blackfoot Challenge, Inc
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MT
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2009
The purpose of this project is to implement land use practices that enhance fire management through partnerships with producers, private landowners, forest managers, and NRCS.
South Dakota State University
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SD
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2009
The purpose is to demonstrate that precision Cover Crops can increase the sustainability of renewable resources, improve soil health, microbial diversity, water availability, and salt accumulation within continuous no-tillage systems.
American Forest Foundation
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DC
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2009
This initiative will utilize market mechanism to incentivize private forest landowners to restore, enhance, and protect aquatic resources in two critical watersheds in the Northern Forest region.
The Food Alliance
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OR
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2009
Food Alliance will partner with the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) to introduce a highly successful sustainable agriculture certification program in Pennsylvania, and improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The purpose of the project is to replicate a successful market incentive for conservation to promote improvements in management of agricultural lands in Pennsylvania to benefit water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Ecosystem Management Research Institute
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MT
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2009
The purpose of this project is to implement a coordinated and collaborative grassland restoration program that addresses restoration objectives identified in South Dakota and Nebraska Wildlife Action Plans as well as the Grassland Conservation Plan for Prairie Grouse.