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 1261 - 1270 of 1760 projects
Wells County SCD
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ND
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2009
This projet aims to demonstrate the positive impact of applyling composted livestock manure to enchance soil quality and stable nutrient basis of cropland and grassland.
Westwick Farming, LLC
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NH
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2009
This project aims to demonstrations of low-till and no-till equipment and techniques (workshops and handbooks for farmers).
White River Partnership
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VT
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2009
This initiative will pilot a new market-based payment mechanism known as a Landscape Auction to help conserve ecological, historical, and social values that are provided from privately-owned agricultural and forest lands in Vermont's White River Watershed. The White River Watershed provides vital ecosystem services, many of which face pressures from non-point source pollution, development, non-native invasive species, and other threats.
WISHING STONE FARM
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RI
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2009
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to demonstrate the retro-fitting of a 1950's gas driven tractor to a solar charged, electric motor powered commercial tractor. By bringing this technology to the state, the recipient will demonstrate the process for other farmers and document the savings in fossil fuel using the retro-fitted machine on a commercial vegetable operation for a minimum of one year.
Woods Market Garden
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VT
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2009
This project will create and demonstrate an efficient greenhouse environment for the production of organic produce by using a modern pellet fired biomass boiler to heat two innovative greenhouses for organic vegetable and fruit production. It will serve as a model for future projects on farms throughout Vermont.
Xerces Society Inc.
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CA
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2009
This project aims to field trial of specific pollinator habitat planting strategies for California.
Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District
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OR
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2009
This projects aims to adapt the Nutrient Trading Tool for Oregon (Willamette Valley) to calculate reductions in nutrient, sediment, and pesticides that will establish eco-credits/markets through the use of BMP.
Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District
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OR
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2009
This project aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of floating island wetlands on three ponds in Yamhill County, Oregon and evaluate the effectiveness at improving water quality and practical application of the technology to farmers.
THE RHODE ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY
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RI
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2008
Rhode Island has identified geographic areas in which the coyote population has grown rapidly in the dozen years since their modern reoccupation of the state. As their numbers have grown, coyotes have increasingly affected local farmers, decreasing productivity by preying on livestock and increasing costs for fencing, shelters, guard animals, and other control techniques. Coyotes have also negatively affected residents' quality of life by preying on domestic animals.The purpose of this award is for the grantee to develop and test the feasibility, effectiveness, acceptability, and sustainability of composting as a technique for animal carcass disposal on and around farms with the goal of forcing coyotes to rely on natural food sources, thereby reducing the coyote population and increasing territory size, and thus limiting the adverse effects of elevated coyote population on farm operations and quality of life. Specifically, the project will develop, manage, and evaluate carcass pickup and composting and evaluate the effects of the program on farmers.
University of New Hampshire
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NH
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2008
Identify and demonstrate mechanical control methods for the non-native invasive shrub glossy buckthorn and write a technical paper for NRCS use.