[PCA] USDA Conservation Innovation Grants: Proposals due Jan. 9, 2017

[De Angelis, Patricia]

Possible opportunities for native plant propagation...?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking new proposals for
cutting-edge projects that will provide new conservation opportunities
through its competitive Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program.

The 2017 CIG focus areas for project proposals include the following:

   - Innovative approaches that benefit historically underserved and
   veteran farmers and ranchers, beginning farmers and ranchers and those with
   limited resources;
   - Natural resources data analytics tools—such as software and mobile
   apps—that increase producer knowledge of conservation benefits and
   alternatives;
   - Precision conservation tools that uncover opportunities for better
   input management (for example, nutrient management addressing source,
   timing, rate and placement), or address in-field vulnerabilities;
   - Conservation finance approaches that demonstrate the potential for new
   investment strategies to accelerate and expand private lands conservation;
   - Demonstration, evaluation and quantification of the effects of water
   management and soil health practices to minimize off-site impacts of
   natural resource challenges, such as excess sediment and nutrient runoff;
   - Pay-for-success models that stimulate conservation adoption and
   achievement of measurable outcomes.


Potential applicants should review the announcement
<http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=289864> for
program funding that is available on www.grants.gov. Proposals are due by
Jan. 9, 2017, and final CIG funding is subject to fiscal year 2017 funding
actions. American Indian tribes, state and local units of government,
non-governmental organizations and individuals are eligible to submit
proposals.

Details at:
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/16fef68
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