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Conservation Innovation Grants Awards
Fiscal Year 2008
Below is a list of the Fiscal Year 2008 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
National Component awardees. The information includes the State(s) in which the
project will be carried out, the total amount of NRCS funding provided, and the
project title.
Awards to Multiple States
Organization |
Project Name |
State(s) |
Funds
Awarded |
InterTribal
Bison Cooperative |
Grassland Restoration and Bison Management on American Indian Lands |
AK,
WA, OR, ID, CA, WY, CO, NM, AZ, SD, ND, NE, OK, WI, MT, MN, UT, KS |
$425,787 |
American Forest Foundation |
Developing and Implementing a Market-Based Habitat Credit Bank for the
Gopher Tortoise on Family Forestlands in Portions of Georgia and Alabama |
AL,
GA |
$194,350 |
Sagebrush Initiative, Inc: DBA Cooperative Sagebush
Initiative |
Market-Based Approach for Restoring Rangelands and Critical Wildlife Habitat
in the Sagebrush Biome |
CA,
CO, ID, WY |
$1,000,000 |
Bat
Conservation International |
Southwestern Subterranean Program: Roost Conservation for Pollinating and
Insect Eating Bats |
AZ,
CA, CO, NV, NM, TX, UT |
$82,473 |
Conservation Technology Information Center |
Transitioning to No-Till Cover Crops |
IN,
OH |
$255,014 |
Texas Cooperative Extension |
Patch Burn-Grazing as a Quail-Friendly Approach to Manage Cacti-Infested
Rangelands in the Rolling Plains of Texas |
TX,
OK, NM |
$133,037 |
Awards to Single States
Organization |
Project Name |
State(s) |
Funds
Awarded |
Tuskegee University |
Integration of Goats into Alabama Grazing-Land Systems for Vegetation
Management and Improved Pasture Health |
AL |
$257,349 |
White River Irrigation District |
Pumping Plant Energy Audit and Reporting System |
AR |
$531,833 |
Pine
Ridge Winery |
Modular Biopower for Conservation of Winery
Biomass Residues to On-site Heat and Power |
CA |
$560,134.50 |
California Dairy Campaign |
Implementing Waste Discharge Requirements on Dairies in the San Joaquin
Valley, California |
CA |
$776,146 |
Russian River |
Sonoma County Salmon Coalition |
CA |
$270,000 |
University of California |
An
Advisory Service for Optimum Irrigation Scheduling in California |
CA |
$294,642 |
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) |
Paying for Environmental Services from Florida Ranchlands: Moving from Pilot
Phase to Program Operation |
FL |
$950,481 |
Georgia RC&D |
Energy Conservation Planning - Broiler Operations |
GA |
$275,000 |
Iowa
Soybean Association |
A
Cooperative Conservation Framework for Improving Watershed Health |
IA |
$800,000 |
Coeur d’Alene Tribe |
Using Carbon Credits to Offset the Costs of Implementing Carbon Conservation
Practices: Landowner Education and Development of a Carbon Credit Market
Infrastructure for Coeur d’Alene Tribe |
ID |
$77,575 |
Thompsons Pearl Valley Eggs, Inc. |
Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System
|
IL |
$443,000 |
Kansas State University |
Scientifcally-Targeted
Locations, Social Strategies, and Market-Based Incentives to Reduce Sediment
Transport from Agricultural Lands |
KS |
$450,000 |
Cape
Cod Cranberry Growers' Association |
Evaluating a Subsurface Water Drainage and Irrigation System for
Massachusetts Cranberry Production |
MA |
$33,416 |
Tarleton State University |
Development and Application of a Modified NTT Tool for Water Quality Trading |
MD |
$57,810 |
Conservation Resource Alliance |
Wild
Link (Implementation Phase) - An Innovative Tribal Partnership for Regional
Habitat Conservation |
MI |
$500,000 |
Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
Enhancing Incentives for Hayland and Pasture
Management for Declining Grassland Birds |
MI |
$402,500 |
Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board |
Starting It Local: Transferable Market Infrastructure for Trading Water
Quality Credits & Ecosystem Services in the Upper Mississippi River Basin |
MN |
$999,993.60 |
University of Missouri |
Helping Corn and Cotton Producers to Reduce Nitrogen Loss Using Crop Sensors |
MO |
$410,317 |
North Central MS Resource Conservation and Development Council |
Native Warm Season Grasses for North Mississippi Livestock Producers:
Reducing Production Inputs with Alternative Forages |
MS |
$54,000 |
North Carolina State University |
Reducing Tillage in Organic Grain Production with an Innovative Cover Crop
Management System
|
NC |
$249,289 |
Center for Agricultural Partnerships |
Developing and Implementing a New Approach to Outreach, Planning and
Technical Assistance in Delivering Innovative Resource Conservation
Practices to Strawberry Growers in North Carolina |
NC |
$53,600 |
North Carolina State University |
Effective Strategies for Biogas and Nutrient Management Resulting from
Anaerobic Digestion in Covered Swine Lagoons |
NC |
$457,433 |
Propane Education & Research Council |
Reducing Soil Erosion through Thermal Pest Control |
NE |
$50,550 |
Cornell University |
Subsurface Drainage Water Management to Reduce Manure Contaminated Drain
Discharge |
NY |
$284,683 |
Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District |
Grand Lake St. Mary's Shoreline Stabilzation
Using Geotextile Tubes |
OH |
$50,000 |
Ohio
Framers Union Family Farm Center |
The
Great Lakes Biochar Demonstration Project |
OH |
$200,000 |
Oklahoma State University |
An
Innovative Approach to Conservation and Integrated Pest Management in
Oklahoma Cropping Systems |
OK |
$225,731 |
The
Nature Conservancy |
Protecting Biodiversity through Early Detection and Rapid Response to
Invasive Species |
OR |
$78,246 |
George McKinley |
Creating a Conservation Mechanism to Facilitate Non-Industrial Private
Forest Owner Access to Carbon Offset Markets: Pilot Project |
OR |
$24,800 |
Environmental Credit Corporation |
Enhancing Air Quality through the Adoption of Small-Scale Anaerobic Manure
Digesters on Dairy Farms in Pennsylvania
|
PA |
$225,000 |
Michael H. McCulloch |
Desalination of Ground Water in the Cenozoic Aquifer West of and Adjacent to
the Pecos River |
TX |
$32,896 |
University of Vermont |
Winter Pasture and Bedded Pack Management for Vermont Dairy Farms |
VT |
$248,027 |
Washington State University |
Nutrient Capture and Redistribution In a Community Anaerobic Digester |
WA |
$414,013 |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Demonstrating Innovative Manure Separation and Precision Ag Technologies to
Optimize Nutrient Manure Utilization and Reduce Environmental Concerns |
WI |
$184,165 |
DBA
Green Tier Advancement Project |
Dairy Business Association-Green Tier Advancement Project (DBA-GTAP) |
WI |
$100,000 |
West
Virginia University Research Corporation |
Multi-Species Grazing System Using Sheep and Cattle for Improved Ecological
Soil Conditions |
WV |
$206,000 |
West
Virginia University Research Corporation |
Demonstration of Precision Agriculture on Grasslands in the Greenbrier
Valley |
WV |
$75,800 |
Coaltec
Energy USA, Inc. |
Broiler Production Best Practice Using Gasification of Poultry Litter to
Produce Heat and Chilling for Economic and Environmental Benefits |
WV |
$475,500 |
Trout Unlimited |
Flat
Plate Fish Screen Development to Benefit Conneville
Cutthroat Trout and Other Dear River Native Fish |
WY |
$48,000 |
TOTALS |
|
|
$13,918,591.10 |
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