Agreement Number
17-288
Awardee Name
The Nature Conservancy
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Drain Infrastructure Transactions for Clean H2O
Awardee State/Territory
Virginia
Involved States/territories
Virginia
Award Year
2017
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$328,077.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Nonpoint nitrogen surface loss; nitrogen
Nonpoint phosphorus surface loss; phosphorus
Water Quality
Conservation Practice(s)
Drainage Water Management
Project Background
This project aims to create a novel conservation delivery and funding approach to realize new financial benefits from the adoption of conservation practices through modified drain assessments in the Great Lakes region. Project partners including the Michigan Farm Bureau, the Monroe County Drain Commission, and Saginaw County Public Works Commissioner will create opportunities to better recognize and incentivize the benefits of conservation practices that improve the function or reduce the future maintenance costs of publicly managed drain systems while also improving water quality outcomes.
Project Scale
Regional
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Final Report URL
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Randy Dell