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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 1511 - 1520 of 1764 projects
Pit Resource Conservation District
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CA
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2006
Project is the implementation phase of the Cooperative Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Initiative, a planning project partnership that was funded with a NRCS Conservation Partnership Initiative (CPI) grant in 2005. The primary work of the partnership is to assist Producers in restoring sagebrush steppe and related ecosystems through the removal of invasive western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) and applying post treatment adaptive management techniques. Ancillary work may include installation of structural practices that will aid in the implementation of the adaptive management techniques. The partnership will implement its innovative restoration prescriptions on Producer operations that have had plans completed through the CPI program and on lands of additional Producers. The partnership will cross share knowledge with a parallel USFS/BLM project that focuses on federally managed lands. Treatment prescriptions will include the use of conventional and modified forestry equipment to remove invasive juniper on Producer grazing lands. The removed material will be chipped and delivered to a biomass power facility where it will be used as a renewable Energy source in the production of electricity. Post treatment grazing and management prescriptions will be applied that insure restoration and persistence of vibrant sagebrush steppe Habitat.
Washington State University
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WA
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2006
The focus of this project will be to demonstrate a reduction in pathogen and nutrient transport to surface water and a reduced risk of herd to herd transmission of pathogens between farms that participate in a community based anaerobic digester with post AD pasteurization. A unique aspect of this project is that we will be able to obtain information on water quality and pathogen levels at individual farms before and after the adoption of the community AD.
Oregon State University
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OR
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2006
The purpose of this project is to develop and distribute accurate information about the integrated straw mulching and drip irrigation production system in various fruit production areas in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, and to increase the growers awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits with the integrated new system, and thus encouraging growers to use straw mulching and drip irrigation as an integrated alternative production system.Oregon State University will demonstrate and evaluate the effects of organic mulching and drip irrigation as an integrated system on sweet cherry with the goal of increasing soil quality and productivity, reducing orchard water consumption, increasing grower profitability, and improving environmental quality. A field experiment will be conducted on Mel Omegs orchard at The Dalles, Oregon from 2006 through 2008. Two ground and water management systems: straw mulching and drip irrigation system, and no ground cover (but with herbicide applications) and micro sprinkler irrigation system will be compared under sweet cherry cultivar of Bing on Gisela 6 rootstock. Soil moisture, nutrient contents, and physical and biological properties; leaf nutrient concentrations; tree vigor, fruit yield, size, firmness, color, and storability, and water consumption of sweet cherry, and costs and economic returns will be determined. The outcomes of this project are that the integrated straw mulching and drip irrigation production system will become a viable replacement to our current no ground cover and sprinkler irrigation production system, and will be widely adopted by the tree fruit growers in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
Oregon State University
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OR
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2006
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to monitor existing riparian restoration sites established by Clean Water Services (the storm and wastewater agency for the Tualatin Basin in Oregon) and Tualatin Basin landowners for the following water quality parameters: water temperature, water nutrient levels, sediment load in the water, fecal bacterial load in the water, and value of Habitat for species of concern. This project will correlate these parameters with riparian vegetation characteristics, using a compilation of existing quantifiable assessment tools and adding a new model to account for future predictability. The resulting single user-friendly tool will be transferable to other watersheds in Oregon and will allow landowners to assess the economic values of riparian buffers and various riparian restoration activities on their agricultural lands in units that correspond to regulatory or market-based drivers. This will provide justification and incentive for using riparian buffers in water quality credit trading programs in Oregon such as the Willamette Ecosystem Marketplace, or through integrated/watershed-scale NPDES permits for clean water agencies. Riparian vegetation buffers have the potential to be valued as an agricultural commodity that enhances environmental sustainability.
Great Plains RC&D Area Association
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OK
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2006
The objectives of the Southern Plains Agricultural Resources Coalition include the adaptation of no-till conservation cropping systems to improve soil resource performance and to encourage adoption through demonstration, evaluation, utility, affordability and usability in the field. Our innovative approach will be to develop a market based system to create incentives for qualified producers. Certification and labeling will be tied directly to conservation systems applied on the land. Agricultural producers seek Food Alliance certification as a tool for product differentiation and brand enhancement that supports transitions from commodity markets, in which producers compete primarily on price, to niche markets more influenced by product qualities. Market benefits from certification encourage producers to adopt conservation measures while maintaining or even enhancing farm income.
San Juan River Dineh Water Users, Inc.
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NM
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2006
San Juan River Dineh Water Users, Inc will complete existing and new EQIP contracts on Navajo irrigated farms locate don Federal trust land in a timely manner, recommend and begin the implementation of irrigation water management into the delivery system that can be transferred to the farmer, initiate a water reporting program based on water delivery, and provide annual educational outreach seminars to farmers located in each chapter that focuses on both the EQIP program and irrigation water management. This project will also implement a flow measuring, recording, and reporting program.
Dovetail Partners, Inc
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MN
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2006
Dovetail Partners, Inc. will increase woodland owner participation in forest certification as a market-based incentive for environmentally responsible forest management that addresses natural resource concerns such as soil resources and productivity, invasive species, and insect and disease threats to forest health. This project includes preparation for and completion of a forest certification assessment and annual audits.
NTH Consultants, Ltd
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MI
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2006
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to adopt and utilize a device that rapidly and directly measures pond seepage rates. NTH Consultants will adopt a rapid, direct measure devise to measure specific discharge from earthen-lined waste storage ponds. Implementation of a device used to directly measure waste storage pond seepage rates will allow producers to demonstrate equivalency to seepage rate standards. The device can be used on earthen-lined waste storage ponds where construction documentation does not exist and the liner adequacy has come into question. The device is a simple and inexpensive alternative to current methods used for testing. The device employs a mirror on a fulcrum, which is used to measure changes in the pond water level. Differences in the projected image of a staff gauge are read from the mirror with a telescope. Previous studies have demonstrated that the device can measure changes in water level to within 10-microns. For the waste storage ponds identified as not meeting specified seepage rates, groundwater quality in rural areas can be improved and protected from nutrient and pathogen transport by installing a more adequate liner.
The Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands
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ME
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2006
The Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands proposes to assist family forest landowners in taking advantage of an emerging greenhouse gas emissions market by assembling carbon offset credits associated with ecologically sound forest management on private lands and selling the credits to investors. This project will develop a credible model forest carbon project using family forest properties representing a diversity of parcel sizes and tree species composition. This innovative work will develop the technical tools necessary to bring income to landowners for providing valuable carbon sequestration ecosystem services. Forest management will meet international standards for environmental, economic, and social sustainability under the Forest Stewardship Council certification program. Co-benefits to the carbon offset program will also include protection of soil and water quality. The project will also propose to develop a credible set of practices that will be used as an accounting tool to establish the market value for such practices. Model easements will be developed to create the legal structure needed to maintain the implementation of practices that create carbon benefits and protect water and soil quality. A monitoring program will be developed to ensure the terms of the easements are being followed. The project will be evaluated as a case study for a program to be expanded in a statewide or regional context. Analyses will be conducted to evaluate the compatibility of the program with existing state forest policies, including tax incentive and cost-share programs. In addition, we will evaluate the economic costs and benefits to landowners who provide additional carbon sequestration within this pilot framework.
Chesapeake Natives, Inc
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MD
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2006
Chesapeake Natives, Inc. will develop native seed as an alternative crop for soil conservation in Maryland. In the growing season of 2006, wild parent populations of species are being located and certified (for source-identification of seed lots) by the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Seed will be wild-collected in the fall of 2006. All production demonstration plots will be located on EQIP eligible farms in Maryland: 3 on the Delmarva Peninsula, 3 on the Coastal Plain west of the Bay, and 3 in the Piedmont. Production plots will be set up with signs and weed block fabric in the winter 2006/2007. Each production plot will accommodate the demonstration of 4 species and the effects of various fertility and weed control approaches. Germination protocol and seedling production will also occur in the winter 2006/2007. Production plots will be planted in the spring of 2007. In the growing seasons of 2007 and 2008, we will be meeting with farmers repeatedly to work on fertilization, weed control and harvest. In the winter 2007/2008, we will be cleaning the first harvest, and continuing germination protocol work (critical to having seed lots tested for sale in the future). In the growing season 2008, we will continue the fertility/weed control/harvest activities.
In the winter 2008/2009, seed will be cleaned and stored, and seed production manuals and presentations will be prepared. In 2009, we will use the January-to-June period covered by this grant to establish soil stabilization demonstration plots that illustrate the effective use of the native seed mix. During this period the soil stabilization team (see collaborators) will meet approximately three times a year.
In the winter 2008/2009, seed will be cleaned and stored, and seed production manuals and presentations will be prepared. In 2009, we will use the January-to-June period covered by this grant to establish soil stabilization demonstration plots that illustrate the effective use of the native seed mix. During this period the soil stabilization team (see collaborators) will meet approximately three times a year.