Projects
Grant Number: 20211284
to support the initiation of a Quinnipiac River watershed plan.
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $18,000
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA)
Contact Information
Jessica Bacher
jbacher@law.pace.edu
https://law.pace.edu/land-use-leadership-alliance-training-program
Grant Number: 20170088
To support informational signage, as well as educational programs and printed materials about North Haven's Tidal Marsh Trail.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $5,000
North Haven Trail Association
Contact Information
Steve Fontana
safontana@aol.com
www.northhaventrails.org
Grant Number: 20160135
To support the purchase of additional benches along Phase III of the trail which will add 1.25 miles to Fireworks Island as well as graphic art designs for the informational sign to showcase history, natural history, and location information.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $5,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.town.wallingford.ct.us/Content/Quinnipiac_River_Linear_Trail_Advisory_Committee.asp
Grant Number: 20150149
to support training 3 municipal department of public works crews in stormwater pollution prevention using Lunch and Learn sessions and to support investigating the lower Quinnipiac River public access potential at two locations: Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven and behind Toelles Road businesses in Wallingford, adjacent to Quinnipiac River State Park. Mill River Watershed Association of South Central Connecticut, Inc. is acting as the fiscal sponsor.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $5,000
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
Grant Number: 20150148
to support continued monitoring of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes, and to support a marsh organ experiment to assess whether soil toxicity is contributing to marsh submergence
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $12,300
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
http://environment.yale.edu/profile/anisfeld/multimedia
Grant Number: 20150152
to support the improvement of public access to the Quinnipiac River by clearing, cleaning up, and maintaining the Blue Trail along the river's west bank in the Quinnipiac River State Park.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,000
North Haven Trail Association
Contact Information
Mr. Steve Fontana
safontana@aol.com
www.northhaventrails.org
Grant Number: 20140147
to support increasing capacity of the organization, sponsoring public events to focus attention on the lower Quinnipiac and urban rivers of Greater New Haven, and implementing certain recommendations from the Urban River Permits Project to reduce polluted runoff.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $20,000
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
Contact Information
Martin Mador
martin.mador@aya.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20140148
to support the costs of an informational kiosk for Fireworks Island which is included in Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Wallingford.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $2,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.qRiverTrail.org
Grant Number: 20130107
To support the research of private property land titles and negotiating easements with property owners to allow sections of the trail to pass through their land.
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $5,000
North Haven Trail Association
Contact Information
Steve Fontana
safontana@aol.com
www.northhaventrails.org
Grant Number: 20120099
To support a continuing study about assessing the extent and characteristics of macroalgal blooms in New Haven Harbor and the impacts such blooms have on benthic communities.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $10,500
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
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