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 421 - 430 of 1760 projects
Freehold Soil Conservation District
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NJ
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2016
This demonstration project is designed to examine the impediments to proper natural resource management on open space in NJ, work to remove those impediments through a systematic strategy designed to, focus resources, establish a winning partnership between a newly created, results oriented Non-Profit Organization (NPO) and Open Space landowners. This NPO will work to establish partnerships and accomplish the resource goals identified by the resource user/landowners.
AGRO-EMPRESAS ATABEY, INC.
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PR
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2016
Demonstrate, assess impact and establish preferentially native plant in agricultural lands-border areas and ponds, to serve as habitat for beneficial insects including pollinators.
RCD of Montery County
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CA
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2016
Resource Conservation District of Monterey County proposes to establish a cooperative model for pooling resources to comply with water quality regulations, making conservation practices more widely applicable in high-value, irrigated agricultural lands. The cooperative approach acts as a framework for strategic and spatially explicit modeling, siting, and monitoring of on- and off-farm treatment areas. This project will lead to a streamlined approach to compliance with water quality regulation in California, as well as the development of a decision support tool that would aid new cooperatives in identifying and implementing coordinated water quality improvement strategies on their aggregated lands.
American Rivers, Inc
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CA
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2016
American Rivers proposes to engage with private landowners, state agencies, mitigation bankers and impact investors to implement pay-for-success approaches at scale in California’s Central Valley. The project will develop five credit-ready projects, poised to deliver conservation outcomes from at least 2,000 acres of high quality Habitat for endangered species and species of concern.
City of Chicago
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IL
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2016
The City of Chicago proposes to create a urban farming system/a cohort-based model to assist high-potential farmers in establishing businesses; preparing and placing more land into land trusts or cooperative tenure arrangements; expanding recruitment of historically underserved individuals for training; and hiring an urban agriculture coordinator to be housed at the City of Chicago. In addition to developing a cohort-based model, the City and its partners will expand upon and begin to measure the impacts of farm site developments that balance environmental remediation, stormwater management, and water conservation.
University of Hawaii Systems
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HI, AS, GU
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2016
University of Hawaii proposes to demonstrate optimal irrigation management strategies and accomplish the following project objectives to address the issue/problem: A robust approach will be developed to optimize irrigation scheduling in intensive vegetable production systems across diverse climatic zones in the Pacific Islands. An online tool to address this issue was developed for California with high success rate (https://cropmanage.ucanr.edu). The University of Hawaii will expand on this proven technology and modify it for climates, soil types, and crops in the Pacific Islands. The objectives are to 1) develop a weather-based irrigation scheduling system to improve water use efficiency for selected vegetable crops, 2) design an online tool to enable real-time irrigation scheduling on a field-by-field basis, and 3) implement an outreach program targeting farmers and other agriculture professionals to enhance their awareness to adopt an irrigation management strategy that conserves water resources and enhances farm productivity.
Sustainable Conservation
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CA
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2016
Sustainable Conservation proposes to demonstrate that subsurface irrigation, a proven NRCS practice standard, can be modified to apply dairy effluent from lagoons (hereafter effluent) as a practice that will enable dairy producers to improve their nutrient applications.
Women, Food, and Agriculture Network
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IA
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2016
During 20 years of work on women’s agricultural outreach, the Women, Food and Agriculture Network has verified that women inheriting land, if they have not been actively involved with agriculture, are at an enormous disadvantage when it comes to awareness, understanding, and confidence in conservation on their land. Trends in land tenure in the Midwest show a generational turnover of land ownership and women inheriting farmland need conservation resources. This is an innovative project as it targets an audience that currently has no specialized outreach, and it will require innovative strategies to be successful.
Washington State University
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WA
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2016
Washington State University proposes to demonstrate technologies that can improve cost efficiency of transporting manure nutrients from regions of dense populations of animal agriculture operations to areas that have a demand for manure nutrients. The goals will be: (1) to successfully demonstrate the mobile unit at numerous dairies; (2) develop an effective regional P-recycling relationship between the WA dairy industry and forage growers; and (3) increase the understanding of phosphorus management by both industries.
Operation Spring Plant, Inc
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NC
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2016
Operation Spring Plant proposes to illustrate to socially disadvantaged producers the benefits of adopting and implementing innovative proven NRCS conservation measures/technologies to address Nutrient Management, On-Farm Energy, Water Quality and Conservation Cover issues. A model of this demonstration will be made available by an on-farm installation project that addresses existing resource and production concerns that are obstacles to the success of the black small family farm. Operation Spring Plant will use these on farm demonstrations to make an impact on farmers’ confidence to adopt conservation and new technology practices.