Promising technologies and programs aimed at enhancing conservation and natural resource protection are set to get a booster shot of federal funding.As Beef Magazine reports, the USDA announced the Fiscal Year 2009 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) awardees on July 13, 2009. During a speech at the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s annual meeting in Dearborn, Michigan Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that $18.4 million has been awarded to fund 55 projects. Given that awardees are required to provide matching funds, the total monetary backing of the projects is equal to $36.4 million. To read the Beef Magazine article click here. To view the USDA press release click here.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service aims to use the CIG moneys to “accelerate technology transfer and adoption of promising technologies and approaches to address some of the Nation’s most pressing natural resource concerns” from water pollution to renewable energy. To view a list of awardees for Fiscal Year 2009 click here.
Posted: 07/16/09
