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Federal Funds Available for Innovative Ideas for
Conserving Natural Resources in Rhode Island
WARWICK, RI -- 06/04/2007 – The RI Office of the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a second round of requests for
proposals for Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG), for 2007. Grants of up to
$75,000 are available to fund creative ideas and practices that will conserve
soil, water and energy resources or improve air quality, grazing land and forest
health in Rhode Island. The total pot from which NRCS will make awards to CIG is
$176,000.
Applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM on
Friday, July 6, 2007
from all
eligible government or non-government organizations or individuals, including
federally-recognized tribes.
“The CIG program stimulates the development and adoption of new and innovative
approaches and technologies to managing our natural resources more effectively
and efficiently,” said Roylene Rides at the Door, NRCS State Conservationist.
“It allows applicants to create practical solutions to address conservation and
resource management.”
CIG can fund pilot projects and conservation field trials up to three years in
length.
Proposals that address the following will be considered:
· Water conservation – implementing new technologies in watersheds with
predominant agricultural land uses to maintain, restore or enhance water quality
or quantity.
· Soil conservation – implementing new approaches associated with agricultural
and forest practices to maintain, restore or enhance soils resources.
· Atmospheric conservation – implementing new technologies to maintain, restore
or enhance air quality through agricultural and forest practices.
· Grazing land and forest health – implementing new approaches to maintain,
restore, or enhance grazing land and forest health.
· Market based approaches – implementing or evaluating systems that are
‘market-based’ and address any of the above resource concerns.
· Improved on-farm energy efficiency – topics include renewable energy sources
such as wind or solar, methane recovery, and on-farm energy audits.
Applicants must define the geographic area the project would benefit. These
projects may be watershed-based, regional, or statewide in scope. Applications
should describe the use of innovative technologies or approaches, or both, to
address a natural resource conservation concern or concerns.
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