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Clean Water Indiana Program

The State Soil Conservation Board's (SSCB's) Clean Water Indiana (CWI) Grants Program provides Indiana's Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) with a great opportunity to showcase pilot programs of what Hoosier conservationists can do when given the resources to make a difference.

By displaying the impact of our stewardship, the current level of CWI funding will serve as seed money to grow into much larger sources of funding for soil and water conservation initiatives.

Districts will find that these programs are not "one size fits all", however, we encourage SWCDs to "think outside the box" and submit creative and innovative ideas within the guidance provided.

 

Conservation Marketing Initiative Grant (CMIG)

This year’s chosen theme for the Conservation Marketing Initiative Grant (CMIG) events is “We All Live Downstream.”  We would like to thank all of the SWCDs that provided input to the ISDA-Division of Soil Conservation (DSC) in the development of this theme and other tools to unite the locally-driven events and provide consistent recognition to the public. Please note that SWCDs may chose to use any, all or none of the finalized tools.    

Indiana will have 82 of its 92 counties participating in this effort and hosting 103 events! Each of these Districts chose to focus their event on one or more of the following conservation practices: Nutrient management, No till/strip till, cover crops, buffers and pasture/livestock management.

This initiative has also attracted the attention of the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and the Indiana Soybean Alliance. These organizations found that approximately two-thirds of the proposed events relate to their conservation efforts and have offered their additional financial support to those events. 

The following tools are available to Districts:

 

Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Grant (SNRG)

The SSCB recently awarded more than $200,000 in Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Grants (SNRGs) to 23 SWCDs from around the state.  This competitive round of CWI grants showcased many strong and unique program and practice ideas.  Grant awards ranged from $3,000 to 10,000. Counties that received a SNRG include: Starke, Posey, Jefferson, Carroll, Clark, Kosciusko, DeKalb, Huntington, Clinton, Elkhart, Greene, Newton, Jennings, Howard, Owen, Dearborn, Monroe, Steuben, Clay, Scott, Noble, Sullivan, and Washington.  Of these 23 counties, 7 have never before received a CWI competitive grant.

 

Conservation Consulting Initiative (CCI)

The CCI Program is underway with 33 crop consultants signed up to participate throughout the Wabash Watersheds.  Meetings have been held throughout the tributary to brief participants about the details of this pilot program and conservation practices. Crop consultants will then meet with landowners to promote the use of nutrient and sediment reduction practices.  Five SWCDs will be coordinating efforts between ISDA and the crop consultants in their designated watershed.  The SSCB has allocated $200,000 to this program.

 

2008-09 CWI and DSC Budget and Description

 

2007 CWI Grant Recipients

 

CWI Grant Forms

  • 2008 Online Quarterly Reporting Coming Soon

 

Maps of CWI Funding Allocations