Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Landscape photo of fields with a river.

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 161 - 170 of 1760 projects

New York Wine and Grape Foundation     |     NY     |     2020
The Foundation will develop a certified sustainability program to provide a means for consumers to identify and support sustainable winegrowers thus providing an incentive for producers to implement and maintain conservation practices that yield environmental and economic benefits in the Fingerlakes region.
Pennsylvania Association of Agriculture     |     PA     |     2020
This project will demonstrate that alley cropping can contribute to the financial and conservation success of arable farm operation.
Quivira Coalition     |     NM     |     2020
There is growing need for management techniques to improve soil health on dryland range systems, and organic amendments have been promising for improving soil health and plant productivity in multiple environments. However, in New Mexico, comparisons of compost, biochar, and bale grazing have not yet been undertaken. Understanding costs and equipment needs and learning how to monitor and assess outcomes for each are needed before local ranchers will begin planning for their implementation.
Rockingham CCD     |     NH     |     2020
This project will address the unique and changing pest control needs of NH fruit and berry growers. Growers, experts, service providers will work together on research and education, and financial and technical support will be provided to growers.
Soil & Water Conservation Society     |     IA     |     2020
The SWCS will work to support agricultural retailers to engage producers in on-farm trials that demonstrate the agronomic, environmental and economic incentives for conservation practice adoption.
Sustainable Iowa Land Trust     |     IA     |     2020
This project will research the different USDA programs, private investment opportunities, foundation and other funds available to establish agroforestry in Iowa and the federal, state and local laws that protect such work in the short and long term. The project will provide user-friendly resources to producers and landowners including information on the different kinds of deed restrictions and easements landowners can explore, provide sample leases landowners can use with tenants and potential buyers, a resource guide, and an interactive web page.
The Blackfoot Challenge     |     MT     |     2020
The purpose of this project is to develop and test (2) new drive-over electric mat prototypes designed to be an alternative to traditional swing gates in order to deter grizzly bears from accessing an enclosed area with electric fence. The goal(s) of this proposed project is to develop an effective drive-over electric mat for non-lethal deterrence of grizzly bears that can become an NRCS standard practice for EQIP eligible producers. We hope that by developing and testing a new electric fence mat system, that the practice will have broad-scale applications for ranchers, farmers, and landowners who wish to deter bears from an enclosed area using an existing electric fence.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research     |     TX     |     2019
This project will demonstrate and evaluate the impact(s) of implementing cover crops and crop rotations into corn production systems on: 1) soil health and function, 2) crop water use efficiency, 3) sustainability indicators according to the Fieldprint Calculator, and, 4) economic feasibility of the cropping systems. Additionally, we will evaluate the interactive effects of conservation management with irrigation system management.
Burns Paiute Tribe     |     OR     |     2019
This project will test the applicability of the combination of prescribed fire, pre-emergent herbicide application, and seeding at controlling medusahead and rvegetation with more desirable vegetation at a management scale and to compare the efficienty of indaziflam and imazapic within these treatment combinations.
Beaver Watershed Alliance     |     AR     |     2019
This project will develop and document a scenario for the use of Seasonal High Tunnels (Practice 325) for propagation of local genotype native plant material (NPM). The Beaver Watershed Alliance will Identify and establish local genotype for NPM production with twenty producers in the Beaver Lake Watershed using plant-related NRCS practices. There will be benefits such as establishing and support development of environmental restoration and retail markets as an economically viable model for routine use of local genotype NPM to improve soils, protect water quality, improve air quality, improve energy conservation and related resources both on agricultural and non-industrial private forested lands as well as in developing urban and suburban areas throughout Northwest Arkansas.