Projects
Grant Number: 20150081
to support the study of phthalate and organotin plasticizers in an effort to characterize contamination from industrial and municipal sources in the Quinnipiac River and New Haven tidal basin.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $18,000
Quinnipiac University
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Dr. Harry M. Pylypiw, Jr
Harry.Pylypiw@quinnipiac.edu
www.quinnipiac.edu
Grant Number: 20140051
to support water testing to identify a point source polluter of diethylhexyl phthalate and other plasticizers in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $7,000
Quinnipiac University
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Dr. Harry M. Pylypiw
Harry.Pylypiw@quinnipiac.edu
www.quinnipiac.edu
Grant Number: 20130076
To support Surveying the Quinnipiac River, a study of bis-2-ethylhexyl phthalate and other plasticizers in an effort to characterize contamination from industrial sources.
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $7,000
Quinnipiac University
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Harry Pylypiw
Harry.Pylypiw@quinnipiac.edu
www.quinnipiac.edu
Grant Number: 20130052
To support the "A Fair Haven for Wildlife: Community-based land stewardship to benefit wildlife and waterways" project, in partnership with the Urban Resources Initiative.
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $12,000
Audubon Connecticut
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Francis Grant Suttie
fgrantsuttie@audubon.org
www.ct.audubon.org
Grant Number: 20120097
To support the surveying of the Quinnipiac River for polyaromatic hydrocarbons and phthalate plasticizers in an effort to characterize contamination from industrial and municipal sources.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $9,000
Quinnipiac University
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Grant Number: 20110131
To raise awareness among legislators, homeowners, and the general public about ways to reduce both non-point and point sources of pollution and to improve habitat for birds and other wildlife within the Quinnipiac River Watershed.
Year Issued: 2011 | Amount: $10,000
Audubon Connecticut
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Grant Number: 20070054
Funds are requested to support implementation of informational and educational efforts and activities advocating for pesticide use reduction. These efforts will focus on the 80 property owners whose properties abut the Quinnipiac River in Plainville, CT. The activities will include 2 river clean-ups, coordination of a fishing derby, Earth Day Extravaganza, promotion and advocacy of Freedom Lawn Initiative, and a Tomasso Nature Park clean-up. (see grant notes)
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $2,000
Farmington River Watershed Association, Inc.
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Grant Number: 20100145
To support a study to characterize the fate of benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) in the watershed areas of the Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers which empty into Long Island Sound in an effort to study the fate of BBP on the behavior of aquatic organisms.
Year Issued: 2010 | Amount: $5,000
Quinnipiac University
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Grant Number: 20110076
To support surveying for phthalate plasticizers in an effort to characterize potential contamination of the Quinnipiac River by municipal and industrial sources.
Year Issued: 2011 | Amount: $5,000
Quinnipiac University
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Grant Number: 930114
To continue "Survey of Symbiotic Roots Showing Mycorrhizal Fungi on Tidal Riverine Vegetation in the Lower Quinnipiac River".
Year Issued: 1993 | Amount: $4,472
UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ECOLOGY
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