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.
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Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District
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IN
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2012
Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District propose to implement Cover Crops across 50% of a sub-watershed in a tile-drained agricultural landscape in order to quantify and seek additional funding to implement another 25% of the watershed as well 1) the effect of cover crop planting on tile drain nutrient and sediment export, and how that is reflected in 2) stream nutrient and sediment export; 3) whether there is improved efficacy of an in-stream management practice (Two-Stage Ditch) when combined with a landscape management practice; and finally 4) to provide a regional demonstration area for farmers that highlights the benefits of combining multiple BMPs at the watershed scale.
Illinois River Watershed Partnership
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AR
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2012
This project proposes to construct a phosphorus removal structure on a poultry farm located in the Illinois River watershed, which will be strategically placed to intercept runoff occurring immediately around a poultry production house Awardee will also monitor the effectiveness of the structure by sampling inflow and treated water through the use of automatic samplers and flow meters, tracking the reduction of phosphorous load. The goal is to remove 50 percent of the phosphorous load. More specifically, this project aims to: • Construct a phosphorus removal structure on a poultry farm located in the Illinois River watershed (impaired watershed as indicated by the EPA 303(d) list), which will be strategically placed to intercept runoff occurring immediately around a poultry production house.
• Monitor the effectiveness of the structure by sampling inflow and treated water through the use of automatic samplers and flow meters, thereby allowing one to determine the phosphorus load reduction. Our goal is to remove 50% of the P load.
• After the PSM has been saturated with P in the structure, remove the spent material and test its ability to serve as P fertilizer or mulch in low P soils.
• Present the structure to agricultural producers, policy makers, and stakeholders (i.e. water quality advocate groups) in the area via field tours and web. Our goal is to reach 1000 people through site tours and presentations. Another goal is for this new BMP to be added to the NRCS EQIP program.
• Estimate the cost of implementation of this new BMP in poultry dense watersheds of Eastern Oklahoma and the potential phosphorus load reductions.
• Monitor the effectiveness of the structure by sampling inflow and treated water through the use of automatic samplers and flow meters, thereby allowing one to determine the phosphorus load reduction. Our goal is to remove 50% of the P load.
• After the PSM has been saturated with P in the structure, remove the spent material and test its ability to serve as P fertilizer or mulch in low P soils.
• Present the structure to agricultural producers, policy makers, and stakeholders (i.e. water quality advocate groups) in the area via field tours and web. Our goal is to reach 1000 people through site tours and presentations. Another goal is for this new BMP to be added to the NRCS EQIP program.
• Estimate the cost of implementation of this new BMP in poultry dense watersheds of Eastern Oklahoma and the potential phosphorus load reductions.
Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District
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OR
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2012
Provide cost share using a programmatic approach to vineyards greater than 20 acres in size to provide incentive for retrofit their air blast sprayers to a more efficient tunnel sprayer. Provides education to landowners on percussion agriculture through work shops and tours.
Maryland Department of Agriculture
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MD
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2012
This project aims to provide and promote additional opportunities for pont and non-point sources to utilize Marylands water quality trading market as a cost-effective, innovative option for meeting and maintaining water quality in the Chesapeake Bay an ensuring consistency with the Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), Maryland Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) strategy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s requirements for a comprehensive growth offset program for future development.
University of Arkansas
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AR
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2012
The overall goal of the project is to develop a national database of existing plot- and watershed-scale sites with more than three years of water quality measurement (flow and phosphorous concentration) and sufficient land management information to populate phosphorous indices and predictive models approved under the 590 Standard. This project will compare Phosphorous Index risk assessments with water quality data and validated predictive models for the combined field and watershed sites. It will also synthesize, summarize and describe the science-based information and lessons learned from the three regional Phosphorous Index assessment projects (i.e., Chesapeake Bay Watershed, the Heartland Region, and Southern States) and build a harmonized framework that yields consistent P-based risk assessment across the U.S.
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service
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AR
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2012
The objective of the project is to reduce these barriers so that EOF monitoring can be implemented on a more wide-spread basis through: 1) field demonstration of lower-cost automated sampling equipment through comparison with already-established automated sampling stations on Arkansas Discovery Farms and other MRBI monitoring locations and 2) help build the capacity of technical service providers, NRCS field personnel, County Agents, and crop consultants, to provide EOF through the development of a training and outreach program that can be utilized throughout the MRBI region.
The Pennsylvania State University
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PA
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2012
This regional project will coordinate the testing and revision of phosphorous management tools within the states encompassing the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with general objectives to harmonize site assessment and nutrient management recommendations with the NRCS 590 standard and to promote consistency within each of the Bays four major physiographic provinces. This regional project is one of four (three regional, one national) proposed under coordination of SERA-17, with goals to support the refinement of state Phosphorous Indices and to demonstrate their accuracy in identifying the magnitude and extent of phosphorous loss risk and their utility to improve water quality. The proposed project will promote innovations in phosphorous management at state (harmonizing Phosphorous Indices) and local (changes in behavior of farmers and/or technical service providers developing and implementing Phosphorous Indices) levels to enhance the health of the Chesapeake Bay. The project involves six objectives designed to ensure that refinement of Phosphorous Indices is grounded in the best available science, reflects local conditions and concerns and anticipates impacts to water quality and farm management.
The Nature Conservancy
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IL
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2012
This project will provide landowner outreach and education to increase understanding and stimulate enrollment in innovative conservation practices and programs and implement an adaptive nutrient management program and quantify its environmental performance. The project will also develop and refine replicable and transferable methods for producing watershed maps of tile-drained areas and apply watershed tile maps to guide locations for strategic outreach, wetland placement, and monitoring. It will also construct wetlands and quantify their environmental performance. Additionally, the project will quantify the environmental performance of a nutrient management program that bundles in-field and off-field practices for increased nutrient use efficiency and reduced nutrient export and develop and evaluate a watershed-scale management program for sustainable nutrient reduction that integrates ecosystem services (i.e., payment for services) with the nutrient management program developed during this project, previous research, existing watershed plans and current NRCS conservation programs.
Wild Rice SCD
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ND
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2012
An educational tool for soil health and water quality. Education on the importance of nutrient cycle, pest and weed control using cover crops.
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
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VT
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2012
The project is designed to assess and demonstrate Energy utilization in both environmental and economic terms in order to help farmers adopt appropriate grazing practices to reduce reliance on Energy inputs. It will measure and analyze Energy inputs from 200 farms using a range of grazing management practices of which a minimum of 20 will include farms using the holistic planned grazing approach. Included in the analysis will be Energy savings from feed or forage production, manure management and use of soil building techniques as compared to synthetic fertilizers.