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 661 - 670 of 1760 projects
Redwood Forest Foundation
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CA
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2013
The Biochar Demonstration Project addresses a major regional conservation issue, i.e. removal of excess biomass, by salvaging and recycling unwanted biomass into a marketable product the revenue from which will decrease the cost of installing an innovative, beneficial conservation practice. In many local forests the growth of small diameter trees and underbrush negatively impacts forest health- increasing vulnerability to catastrophic forest fire, impairing forest habitat and increasing ground water use thereby reducing water in streams and tributaries. Currently, landowners use time, resources and/or potentially harmful chemicals to clear brush and thin over-crowded stands- often brush piles are burned on-site. We intend to demonstrate ecologically and economically sound methods for dealing with excess woody biomass that is being created by thinning that underbrush in Mendocino County timberland.
Community Energy Partners, LLC
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ME
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2013
To incentivize farmers to conduct full-scale energy audits, by offering discounted Wind Analytics analysis.
Strip Tilling Vegetables to Boost Soil Organic Matter, Farmland Conservation and Grower Productivity
Appalachian Sustainable Development
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VA
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2013
This award is for Appalachian Sustainable Development to demonstrate that vegetables can be grown for wholesale markets in Southwest Virginia using strip tillage, demanding less labor, time and fuel while also improving soil quality and profitability for the grower. The primary deliverable of this project will be the report compiling the results of two years of demonstration plots comparing strip tillage to plasticulture for wholesale vegetable production. Comparisons consisting of approximately one acre of strip till versus one acre of traditional plasticulture will be conducted on at least four farms spread across Southwest Virginia (anticipated county locations: Floyd, Wythe, Scott, and Lee).
American Farmland Trust
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VA
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2013
American Farmland Trust will recruit five farmers to implement a multi-species cover cropping system and to test other soil health and nutrient management practices. This CIG project will provide key support for Virginia's Soil Health Initiative through education and outreach, especially in the important Shenandoah Valley.
Corson Conservation District
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SD
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2013
The project will install and evalaute different alternatives for treating well water to make suitable for livestock consumption.
Alameda Co RCD
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CA
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2013
An increasing number of direct‐market oriented producers are adding hogs to their farms and ranches, in many cases, relying on outdoor or grass‐based systems. Additionally, given the reproductive capacity, opportunities to vary market age and weight, and relatively short time from birth to market, hogs are an agricultural commodity that has proven viable for many beginning farmers and ranchers. Within the Project Area, limited agency and institutional expertise exists to provide technical assistance and education on best practices in outdoor, small‐scale and niche hog
production – hereafter referred to as niche. In particular, NRCS Conservation Practices for this form of hog production have not historically been implemented in this region, resulting in limited support with conservation planning and application of Farm Bill programs.
The objective of this project is to facilitate the transfer of innovative and economically viable natural resource management systems for niche hog production from experts in other states to producers and agricultural professionals within the Project Area.
production – hereafter referred to as niche. In particular, NRCS Conservation Practices for this form of hog production have not historically been implemented in this region, resulting in limited support with conservation planning and application of Farm Bill programs.
The objective of this project is to facilitate the transfer of innovative and economically viable natural resource management systems for niche hog production from experts in other states to producers and agricultural professionals within the Project Area.
Cultivating Community
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ME
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2013
Integrate into the EQIP Implementation Contracts appropriate teaching methodology including using picture based materials.
Richland SWCD
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SC
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2013
Conduct field test of the Haney Brinton CO2 burst test.
Rodale Institute
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PA
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2013
Demonstrate the use of PA native low growing plants as permanent soil covers.
Santiam Water Control District
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OR
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2013
Installation and demonstration of a modernized flow monitoring and data logging system including equipment to automate a main diversion head gate. The project would demonstrate the benefits of real time flow information as it relates to improving the District's efficient operation of our water distribution system.