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 371 - 380 of 1802 projects
Third Sector New England
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MA
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2017
This project aims to use an incubator farm model to empower 400 historically underserved and beginning farmers to thrive through new educational programs and individual technical assistance. Conservation planning, innovative technology approaches, participation in Federal conservation programs and integration of conservation principles into farm business plans will all be emphasized with participating producers.
The Nature Conservancy
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VA
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2017
This project aims to offer a promising approach to sustainable and responsible management of California's water resources. The California chapter of The Nature Conservancy is pioneering two initiatives that use a novel combination of data analytics and water markets to meet freshwater conservation goals and improve the overall management and drought resiliency of California water resources. The project, carried out in the Central Valley and in western Ventura County, will explore the use of advanced metering infrastructure to facilitate water quantity trades to help meet new groundwater regulations. Another component of the project seeks to deploy private capital to more efficiently apportion water for natural, agricultural, industrial and municipal uses.
The Nature Conservancy
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VA
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2017
This project aims to create a novel conservation delivery and funding approach to realize new financial benefits from the adoption of conservation practices through modified drain assessments in the Great Lakes region. Project partners including the Michigan Farm Bureau, the Monroe County Drain Commission, and Saginaw County Public Works Commissioner will create opportunities to better recognize and incentivize the benefits of conservation practices that improve the function or reduce the future maintenance costs of publicly managed drain systems while also improving water quality outcomes.
The Freshwater Trust
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OR
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2017
Over the past decade, The Freshwater Trust (TFT) has been using data analytics applications and methodologies to support strategic conservation project planning, tracking and reporting. Increasing regulation on water use by California’s farmers require innovative solutions. Through this project, TFT proposes to develop an integrated planning, tracking, and adaptive management system that agricultural producers and regional coalitions in Solano County can use to cooperatively implement smart, multi-objective programs and demonstrate real progress in improving surface water and groundwater quality and quantity. The completed system would be broadly transferable and will be made publicly available.
Central Savannah RC&D
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GA
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2017
This project proposed offering an opportunity for producers to explore the utilization of these irrigation advances through consultation with individuals familiar with the various components, and provided a financial incentive for producers interested in incorporating or expanding their utilization of conservation practices associated with irrigation water management, improving application efficiency, and/or utilizing chemigation/fertigation technology
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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TX
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2017
This project is designed to bring together several forecasting tools in an innovative, collaborative manner and place them in the hands of those who make conservation decisions on the landscape. The tools themselves are innovative and creative, but their collaborative use is novel, exciting and will have profound benefits on the landscape. The proposed project focuses on two categories; 1) Data analytics for natural resource conservation and 2) Projects that demonstrate the cost effectiveness of leveraged public and private impact investments in working lands conservation. The Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) and the Forage Risk Assessment Management System (FRAMS) are publically available decision-support tools developed in coordination between Texas A&M University System components and the United State Department of Agriculture. These tools are designed and developed to provide decision-support to landowners and action agencies engaged in the conservation of working rangeland/grazingland systems. Through the successful demonstration of these innovative tools, landowners/managers and the technical agencies advising them will have a distinct advantage in the conservation planning process. The metrics derived will provide insight to society of the benefits of current investment, as well as the values of future investment in conservation on rangeland/grazingland systems by parties not traditionally putting resources towards these efforts. Quantifying societal benefits of sound stewardship of these ecosystems in a meaningful way is ground-breaking. Assisting a land steward in forecasting conditions to make sound stewardship decisions is key in realizing societal benefits. The implementation and demonstration of these innovative tools in assessing and expanding opportunities for rangeland/grazingland conservation will be conducted with stakeholders who actively manage and maintain representative ecosystems in the southern Great Plains. The diversity of locations/operations will demonstrate the transferability of the tools and the flexibility from regional to operational scales. Education and outreach to land stewards will focus on achieving widespread use of these tools by those who make the decisions on the landscape.
South Dakota State University
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SD
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2017
This project aims to demonstrate the efficacy of reseeding sodium degraded soils to perennial plants, in response to the growing salinity and sodicity challenges in the northern Great Plains. The use of perennial plants to reduce soil erosion on sodic soils will be compared to traditional chemical remediation techniques on three farms. The project aims to develop a viable alternative to these chemical remediation techniques, which in some cases can actually increase the challenges faced by producers with sodic soil
Rural Action, Inc.
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OH
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2017
Rural Action, Inc. in partnership with United Plant Savers proposes to establish a regional Forest Grown Verification (FGV) system for commercially significant forest herbs, using a third-party certification structure and species-specific education to build a network of enrolled forest farmers. The project will provide site-based technical assistance to FGV-enrolled and eligible forest farmers to support the growth of regional forest farming operations. This strategy creates an economic incentive for private landowners (especially historically underserved populations) to implement conservation practices that support the abundant and ongoing growth of marketable forest grown products.
Texas Parks & Wildlife
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TX
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2017
This project aims to establish the Gulf Coast Conservation Revolving Loan Fund to support efforts to maximize Deepwater Horizon oil spill mitigation funding by leveraging private investment for public and working lands conservation along the Texas Gulf Coast. The fund will be capitalized by zero-interest or low-cost Program Related Investments (PRI) to reduce the costs interim financing for approved Deepwater Horizon conservation projects.
Carl Smith dba Hillacre Farms
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ME
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2017
This project demonstrated comparison of Convential Fall Tillage System with Spring Tillage/Cover Crop System on Potato Yield and Soil Health in Maine