This is almost $30,000 more than last year.
“There are some truly exceptional ideas in the community that can help protect the Pacific Islands and our unique agricultural and forest areas,” said Lawrence Yamamoto, director of the Pacific Islands Area for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. “This program provides an opportunity to study and showcase some of these ideas,” he continued.
The frant funds pilot projects and conservation field trials that can last from one to three years.
Grants for approved projects cannot exceed 50 percent of the total project cost and the federal contribution for a single project cannot exceed $75,000.
To learn more about CIG projects in the Pacific Islands Area visit: http://www.pia.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig/index.html.
