Project Grant NR223A750013G025

This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) provides $225,000.00 to Colorado State University to investigate how different farming practices, particularly integrated crop-livestock systems, affect soil health. The research aims to identify practical ways to enhance soil health, increase crop yields, and contribute to climate change mitigation by improving...

The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Blackfeet Tribe) received a $1,597,594 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this award is to address gaps in surveillance and investigation activities for SARS-CoV-2 in animals within the Blackfeet Reservation, including farmed animals,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.902) provides $451,500.00 to the Montana Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Coalition, Inc. to support interagency and private education on the importance of Montana's grazing lands. The award, with a performance period from Aug 5, 2024 to Sep 30, 2029, will fund the implementation of educational workshops...

The Minnesota Grazing Lands Conservation Association, Inc. was awarded a $414,092.80 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to support conservation grazing and livestock management utilizing soil health principles on grasslands and grazing lands in Minnesota. Funded through the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program, this three-year award beginning September 1, 2022 will provide technical assistance to private landowners...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Texas A&M Agrilife Research to develop and implement an integrated extension and education program promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices in the Great Plains region. The five-year project beginning May 1, 2023 will cultivate cohorts of educators, natural resources professionals,...

This $908,136.79 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), aims to increase the number of grassland acres benefiting from sustainable grazing management. The prime awardee, World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF), is collaborating with three rancher-led organizations in Nebraska and Montana to strengthen and expand grazing schools, workshops, and ranching for profit programs...

This $180,395 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas will support Special K Ranch, Inc. in advancing native plant conservation and restoration efforts through 2027. Funded by the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), the award will increase production of native seeds harvested east of the Rocky Mountains for revegetation projects addressing issues such as wildfires, drought, and overgrazing. Special K...

The National Grazing Lands Coalition (NGLC), doing business as Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, will receive $350,000 through a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 10.902). NGLC will advance educational opportunities for NRCS employees in partnership with state grazing lands coalitions to support climate-smart agricultural practices on grazing lands from...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $197,878 to Colorado State University (CSU) to study the effects of reintroducing bison to the grasslands of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. The project, titled "RAPID: RETURNING BISON TO BLACKFEET NATION GRASSLANDS: A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE," aims to establish vegetation survey plots and fencing exclosures to monitor the impacts of bison...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.303 - Integrated Programs) aims to increase sustainable organic production within the Pacific Northwest, Southeast, and Northeast regions of the United States. The key objectives are to evaluate the impacts of integrating livestock grazing under various cropping systems on farms transitioning to organic systems, determine the effects of cover crops and grazing...