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Conservation Innovation Grants 2006

USDA logo. News Release: "USDA Awards Nearly $20 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants," (June 19, 2006)

Below are Oregon's six fiscal year 2006 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Awardees.

State Entity Proposal Title Funding Approved
OR American Forest Foundation Adoption of Oak Savannah Management on Private Lands in the Willamette Valley, Oregon $113,924.00
OR Oregon State University/ College of Agriculture Demonstration & Evaluation of an Integrated Organic Mulching & Drip Irrigation system for Orchard Crops $116,915.00
OR Oregon State University/ College of Agriculture Demonstration of new orchard sprayer technologies to reduce pesticide air drift and stream loading $107,484.00
OR Oregon State University Landowner Tools for Quantifying Multiple Environmental Services of Riparian Vegetation Buffers for Use in WQ Credit Trading in Oregon Watersheds $175,097.00
OR Farmers Irrigation District Environmental and economic benefits of comprehensive upgrade $49,550.00
OR, WA Washington Association of Wheat Growers Demonstrate & Advance the Undercutter Method for Winter Wheat - Summer Fallow . . . $905,500.00

2006 Grant Application Materials

These documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader

FY 2006 Announcement of Program Funding (PDF, 137 KB).  This announcement combines all three National components--Natural Resource Concerns, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and the Technology component.
FY 2006 Application Package Checklist (PDF, 22 KB)
SF 424A Supplemental Instructions (PDF, 17 KB)
Example of completed SF 424a (PDF, 126 KB)

All OMB standard forms (SF) necessary for CIG submission are available on the following OMB website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_forms.html

Rules, Notices and Additional Information

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Final Rule  Published 1/11/05  (PDF, 64 KB)
Interim Final Rule with Request for Comments  Published 3/29/04  (PDF, 133 KB)
Fact Sheet (PDF)
Key Points
 Program Description
Questions and Answers

Last Modified:  09/09/2008

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