VENEMAN ANNOUNCES NEARLY $80 MILLION TO IMPROVE RURAL COMMUNITY WATER/WASTE SYSTEMS
Funding to Benefit 38 Communities in 25 States
SPENCER, Iowa, Sept. 15, 2004 -- Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced the selection of 41 projects in 29 states that will receive $14,250,000 in Conservation Innovation Grants. Including the cost sharing from nonfederal partners, the total investment in these projects is more than $63 million. The grants will fund the development and adoption of innovative conservation technologies and approaches through pilot projects and field trials.
"These grants provide opportunities for public-private partnerships to accelerate technology transfer and implement promising technologies," said Veneman. "These approaches will help farmers and ranchers protect the environment and comply with federal, state and local regulations."
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service administers the grants as part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Nearly 150 project proposals were submitted from eligible governmental and nongovernmental organizations as well as from individuals for single or multi-year projects involving producers who qualify for EQIP. Selected projects address issues such as agricultural air emissions, water quality improvement, water management, livestock nutrient management and market-based approaches to conservation.
Grant recipients include 13 universities, 10 nongovernmental organizations, eight agribusinesses, four state governments, two resource conservation and development councils, two conservation districts and two individuals. Selected proposals receive grants for up to 50 percent of the total project cost and must provide nonfederal matching funds for at least 50 percent of the project cost. The federal contribution may not exceed $1 million for a single project.
A list of the 41 selected projects and the dollar amount funded is on the Conservation Innovation Grants website at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig
Conservation Innovation Grants--Proposals Selected for Funding (sorted by State)
Project Title: On-Farm Demonstrations of Low Cost Alternatives for Temporary Litter Storage Facilities
State: AL
CIG Funds Awarded: 462,220.00
Project Title: Management Intensive Grazing Project for Limited Resource Farmers
State: AL
CIG Funds Awarded: 37,500.00
Project Title: Reducing Nutrient Runoff and Ammonia Emissions from Poultry Litter with Pasture Renovation and Litter Incorporation
State: AR
CIG Funds Awarded: 66,000.00
Project Title: Arizona BMPs: Agricultural Water Conservation Program
State: AZ
CIG Funds Awarded: 503,092.00
Project Title: Erosion Prevention Through Vegetated Swales for Water Infiltration
State: CA
CIG Funds Awarded: 99,000.00
Project Title: Dairy Waste Lagoon Irrigation Water Management
State: CA
CIG Funds Awarded: 1,000,000.00
Project Title: Conservation Tillage for Reduced Agricultural Air Emissions in the San Joaquin Valley
State: CA
CIG Funds Awarded: 166,426.00
Project Title: Peach Resource Renewal Project: An Incentive Based Approach
State: CA
CIG Funds Awarded: 999,982.00
Project Title: California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices - Innovations for Air and Water Quality
State: CA
CIG Funds Awarded: 475,000.00
Project Title: Treatment of Hog Manure Utilizing the Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Disgestion (ADAT) Technology
State: CA, NC
CIG Funds Awarded: 450,000.00
Project Title: Native Seed Restoration for Range and Agricultural Lands
State: CO
CIG Funds Awarded: 150,000.00
Project Title: Site Specific Nitrogen Management in an Intensified No-Till Dryland Cropping System
State: CO
CIG Funds Awarded: 21,274.00
Project Title: Demonstration of Variable-Rate Irrigation for Water Conservation and Application Optimization
State: GA
CIG Funds Awarded: 501,850.00
Project Title: Using Cropping Alternatives to Improve Water Quality in High-Nutrient Status Farms
State: GA
CIG Funds Awarded: 60,000.00
Project Title: Outcomes-Based Nitrogen Efficiency Project for Corn Production
State: IA
CIG Funds Awarded: 1,000,000.00
Project Title: Non-Basin Technologies for Open Feedlot Runoff: Demonstration, Implementation, and Modeling
State: IA
CIG Funds Awarded: 415,000.00
Project Title: Recycling Digested Manure Solids from Dairies
State: IA
CIG Funds Awarded: 90,600.00
Project Title: Quantitive Comparison of the Effects of Controlled Drainage vs. Constructed Wetlands on Water Quality at a Watershed-Scale
State: IL
CIG Funds Awarded: 127,050.00
Project Title: An Information and Assessment Project for Improving EQIP Performance
State: IN
CIG Funds Awarded: 496,701.00
Project Title: Protecting Groundwater Quality from Nutrients and Pathogens in Lagoons by Utilizing a Water Balance Method of Testing Lagoon Structural Integrity
State: KS
CIG Funds Awarded: 190,500.00
Project Title: Demonstration of Enhanced Technologies for Land Application of Animal Nutrient Sources in Sensitive Watersheds
State: KY
CIG Funds Awarded: 354,572.00
Project Title: Design and Implementation of a Closed Recycling Water Management System to Provide an Alternative Use for Milkhouse Wastewater, Storm Water Runoff and Silage Leachate
State: MI
CIG Funds Awarded: 84,500.00
Project Title: Invasive Species Management for Restored Wetlands and Native Prairie Uplands
Project Title: Demonstration of Innovative Technology for Optimizing Nitrogen Application of Corn
State: MO
CIG Funds Awarded: 355,983.00
Project Title: Adaptation of Exisiting Agricultural Product Machine to Manufacture Encapsulated Grass Seeds for Use in Rehabilitation of Wildfires on Tribal and Non-Tribal Lands
State: MT
CIG Funds Awarded: 143,676.00
Project Title: Limited Irrigation Cropping Systems for Conserving Water in the Pumpkin Creek Watershed
State: NE
CIG Funds Awarded: 119,700.00
Project Title: Implementing Solar Energy Technologies on Farms
State: NM
CIG Funds Awarded: 34,289.00
Project Title: Transferring Innovative Manure Management Technology in the Northeast
State: NY
CIG Funds Awarded: 182,991.00
Project Title: Guaranteed Performance of Nutrient and Tillage BMPs
State: OH, IL, WI, MN, IA
CIG Funds Awarded: 191,800.00
Project Title: Sawdust / Chicken Litter Boiler and Dry Kiln with Fertilization Recovery System
State: OK, AR
CIG Funds Awarded: 523,362.00
Project Title: Thermaphilac Anaerobic Digestration Process
State: OR
CIG Funds Awarded: 1,000,000.00
Project Title: Oregon Water and Economics Optimization Project
State: OR
CIG Funds Awarded: 303,118.00
Project Title: No-Till Plus: A One-Pass Cover Crop Roller/Planter System that can Reduce or Eliminate Herbicide and Chemical Fertlizer Use on Most No-Till Acres
State: PA
CIG Funds Awarded: 541,050.00
Project Title: Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing a Market-Based System for Delivery of Conservation Practice Funding
State: PA
CIG Funds Awarded: 939,734.00
Project Title: Marketing Carbon Sequestration Credits from Reduced Grazing and Soil Conservation
State: SD
CIG Funds Awarded: 183,819.00
Project Title: Cost-Effective and Reliable Anaerobic Digestion for AFOs
State: UT
CIG Funds Awarded: 369,000.00
Project Title: Innovative Cropping Systems Environmental Credit Program
State: VA
CIG Funds Awarded: 237,969.00
Project Title: Innovative Conservation of Compost for Nutrient Management and Production of Energy
State: VT
CIG Funds Awarded: 198,572.00
Project Title: High Quality Fiber and Fertilizer as Co-Products from Anaerobic Digestion
State: WA
CIG Funds Awarded: 683,920.00
Project Title: Application of Phoslock to Control Phosphorus Release from Aquaculture and Other Agricultural Practices
