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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Practical Farmers of Iowa
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IA
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2021
This project will evaluate and quantify the ability of soil health management systems to improve economic and environmental performance of farms across Iowa. We will help farmers assess N fertilizer rates to corn in fields they have committed to soil health management systems. Ultimately, we hope farmers who have made a long-term investment to soil health will gain confidence to practice fertilizer reductions while maintaining crop yields.
Research Foundation of the State University of New York
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MA
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2021
The focus of this project is to implement and assess newly developed recommendations for managing modern young forest systems for young forest dependent wildlife. Management of these forests for faces multiple, often competing challenges such as invasive shrubs, overbrowse by white-tailed deer, and suitability for target species, while their large-scale implementation is hindered by the amount of privately owned land in the Northeast, and land-owner willingness to engage in management activities. One of the largest conservation targets in this region is the New England cottontail, whose response to young forest management is limited by the use of these forests by non-native eastern cottontails, which are now present throughout most of their range. A great deal of resources have gone into creation of early successional forest for New England cottontails via clearcuts, but our studies in New York demonstrated that such approaches encourage use by eastern cottontails, and are detrimental to New England cottontails if eastern cottontails or invasive shrubs are present. Restoration of mid-successional shrublands via canopy thinning and leaving downed tree crowns on the ground have shown promise in benefitting New England cottontails but discouraging eastern cottontails.
Savanna Institute
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WI
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2021
The purpose of this grant is to provide funding to Savanna Institute, who will use three sites to plan, design, and ultimately implement agroforestry and silvopasture solutions to address resource concerns, using the NRCS nine step process as a guideline.
Southern University Agricultural & Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension
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LA
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2021
This project will involve three demonstration farms and will evaluate multi-species rotational grazing systems for impacts to Soil Health. The project will also utilize new technology by calibrating an NRI forage analyzer and evaluating the accuracy of the forage quality data generated by this tool for the Southeastern region of the US.
Sustainable Chesapeake
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VA
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2021
This project will demonstrate and evaluate the performance of two controlled traffic farming innovations: tramlining and chaff lining to improve soil health, reduce weed pressure, and improve farm yields on a 2,500-acre farm producing conventional and organic grains and soybeans. Results from the project will be shared through farmer meetings, a field day event, professional conferences, and regional soil health networks.
Sustainable Chesapeake
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MD
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2021
The purpose of the project is for Sustainable Chesapeake to build on research and Extension efforts to demonstrate, on working farms at the field scale, that there is not a one-size-fits-all cover crop and that cover cropping should involve significant planning with regards to site-specific factors and cover crop purpose. The project will involve a close working relationship with the farmer and agricultural service provider to plan, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of cover crops.
Texas A M Agrilife Extension Service
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TX
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2021
Project goals are divided into research and outreach goals. Research goals include 1) Measure on-farm soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions in the Blackland and Gulf Coast vertisols under soil health practice aligned crop rotation systems, 2) Measure related soil health indices, 3) Model and relate PMOxC to future soil health outcomes. Outreach goals include 1) Conduct On-farm demonstrations and create Extension outreach content, 2) Develop analytic service at Texas A&M soil labs for soil active carbon and educational materials to support its request and interpretation, 3) Drive an increase of adoption of soil health practices in the central Texas Blacklands and Upper Gulf Coast.
Texas A M Agrilife Research
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TX
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2021
The purpose of CIG agreement is to fund the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production. CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into NRCS technical manuals and guides, or to the private sector. This project will focus on Cover Crop Code 340 and potential grazing management strategies for cover crops that will enhance soil health. Agency Priority - Deliver high-quality science and technology for private lands conservation. Secretary's Priority - Strengthen the stewardship of private lands through technology and research. Through the development and field testing, on-farm research and demonstration, evaluation, or implementation of approaches to incentivize conservation adoption, including market-based and conservation finance approaches, and Conservation technologies, practices, and systems.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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TX
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2021
The purpose of this CIG project is to develop, field-test, and evaluate oyster reef living shorelines as a conservation practice to improve water quality in Texas estuaries. This project is innovative in that oyster reef living shorelines are a conservation approach that is not currently in use in Texas estuaries for the purpose of improving water quality. By demonstrating, evaluating, and verifying the effectiveness of living shoreline practices to provide water quality and shoreline protection benefits, this project will encourage adoption of this innovative conservation approach by private landowners, agriculture producers and associated stakeholders.
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
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TX
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2021
The Edwards aquifer’s water supply has driven development of the rich agricultural lands and rural economies in South-Central Texas. But the region’s surface water runs off a porous karst watershed and then deep into an aquifer that is at risk of catastrophic contamination from fire-fighting in response to wildfire at the wildland-urban interface and to windstorm, flash flooding, lightning, arson, and terrorism throughout the aquifer’s vulnerable zones. The threat to water supplies, public health, and local economies is so great that the Texas Legislature recently man-dated development of means and methods to protect water quality during disaster-related fire operations.
The goal of the project is to increase the resilience of karst aquifer water supplies to disaster-related firefighting in agricultural and rural areas through adaptation, transfer, and adoption (including measurement and quantification for verification) of new technologies and innovative approaches to protect the aquifer from contamination during emergency response in the Edwards aquifer region of South-Central Texas.
This project addresses two of the key NRCS CIG Priorities for 2021. The primary one is Improvements to Water Quality in rural agricultural areas, which will be achieved by the secondary priority of reducing the impact of Wildfire Hazard, including from Biomass Accumulation at the Wildland-Urban Interface to agricultural areas along the vulnerable Edwards aquifer re-charge zone in South-Central Texas.
The goal of the project is to increase the resilience of karst aquifer water supplies to disaster-related firefighting in agricultural and rural areas through adaptation, transfer, and adoption (including measurement and quantification for verification) of new technologies and innovative approaches to protect the aquifer from contamination during emergency response in the Edwards aquifer region of South-Central Texas.
This project addresses two of the key NRCS CIG Priorities for 2021. The primary one is Improvements to Water Quality in rural agricultural areas, which will be achieved by the secondary priority of reducing the impact of Wildfire Hazard, including from Biomass Accumulation at the Wildland-Urban Interface to agricultural areas along the vulnerable Edwards aquifer re-charge zone in South-Central Texas.