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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
JOSE FABRE SANTIAGO
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PR
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2016
This project wanted to address temperature, energy and water consumption issues. In the past, to address these problems the farm seeded less plants and during the coolest time of the year to maintain good temperatures, limited the use of the fans, and send out foliar, soil and water lab test constantly to make sure water is available to the plant at a molecular level. With the new additions of thermal roof, foggers, gutter system, coconut fiber and bigger mesh size radiation has decreased by 400 volts, water is more accessible to the plant and the excess can be used on other parts of the farm or within the system dealing more efficient heat related stress and pest, water use, and energy consumption. Air circulation and humidity inside the greenhouse has improve and the fan loss great part of the workload to maintain ideal conditions.
LSU Agricultural Center
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LA
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2016
The Iberia, Vermilion, St. Mary, and St. Martin Soil and Water Conservation Districts, the American Sugarcane League, and the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center will join efforts to accomplish the objectives of this project. The impact of using annual ryegrass (for grazing or cover crop) on sugarcane production will be evaluated in 4 collaborative farms. Data collection and outreach activities will be conducted to disseminate the results.
New Hampshire Association of Conservation Districts
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NH
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2016
Purchase 4 no-till seeders with XRC rollers to demonstrate new technologies on private land.
Rutgers University
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NJ
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2016
This project will determine the extent to which bats can detect and consume agricultural insect pests earlier than standard monitoring practices, and it will compare the economic costs associated with each methodology and provide further evidence to support the unrecognized and underexploited role of bats as agents of agricultural insect pest surveillance.
Rutgers University
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NJ
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2016
Trial of cover between blueberry rows to improve soil health.