CIG projects are making an impact across the country. Read about some of the program's successes below.
CIG Success Stories
Watershed Restoration
The Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) is a versatile tool enabling communities across the U.S. to improve the health of their waterways.
Investing in Water Management Innovation
Only 2.5 percent of all water on Earth is freshwater, and most of that is locked up in ice or underground. Only 1 percent of all freshwater is water we can access.
Fertilizer Application Innovation at California Dairies
Dairies across the country use flush manure management systems and flood irrigation to fertilize their feed crops with liquid manure.
Conservation Finance Can Mean Cleaner Air and Water and Healthier Soil
For decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has been the largest funder of conservation on private land in the United States, providing billions of dollars annually to both protect natural resources and invest in America’s rural economies.
Clean Energy Project Receives Leadership Award
The Winneshiek Energy District (WED) in northeast Iowa received a Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) in 2014 to build out a program aimed at helping farmers reduce their on-farm energy use.
New Report Highlights Successes in USDA-Funded Conservation Finance Projects
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) launched a new initiative to fund promising conservation finance projects through its Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program.
‘From Farmers to Soil Health Managers’ Grant Aims to Keep Soil Productive in the Pacific Northwest
Just a short drive north from metropolitan Seattle sits one of the largest and most fertile agricultural areas in the Pacific Northwest.
Can Family-Owned Forests Help the U.S. Achieve a Low-Carbon Future?
A USDA Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) project is trying to reimagine how carbon markets can work with and for small landholders.
