Projects
Grant Number: 20231325
to support the protection and care of the Quinnipiac Meadows/Fargeorge Nature Preserve, as well as to support enhancements to the Growing Entrepreneurs program, Schooner scholarships, expansion of environmental programming and land acquisition.
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000
Gather New Haven
Contact Information
Tyra Pendergrass Boomer
tmpendergrass@gmail.com
http://www.gathernewhaven.org
Grant Number: 20201260
to support the protection and care of the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves, as well as to support efforts increase outreach programming, volunteer events and Schooner programs and to design and implement a Preserves Intern training program.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $15,000
Gather New Haven
Contact Information
Brent Peterkin
brent@gathernewhaven.org
https://gathernewhaven.org/
Grant Number: 20190131
To support a Public Works Department pilot program to retrofit hooded outlet protection on ten existing stormwater catch basins that are in stormwater systems that outlet to the Quinnipiac River or one of its tributaries.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $3,000
City of Meriden
Contact Information
Emile Pierides
epierides@meridenct.gov
www.meridenct.gov/government/departments/public-works/
Grant Number: 20190132
To support a summer employment program for New Haven youth that will engage participants and community members in reducing the pollution in the Quinnipiac by stormwater run-off through a storm drain stenciling art, data collection, education, and outreach program.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $4,500
ART25
Contact Information
JoAnn Moran
art25ct@gmail.com
www.art25.art
Grant Number: 20150153
to support the Be the Solution to Pollution project which raises awareness of how pollution threatens the health of humans, animals, and the environment along the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $13,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Contact Information
Ms. Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20140146
to support An Urban Wildlife Refuge in Fair Haven: Community-based land stewardship to benefit wildlife and waterways project in partnership with Audubon Connecticut, community greenspace groups and the local business community.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $12,000
Urban Resources Initiative
Contact Information
Colleen Murphy-Dunning
colleen.murphy-dunning@yale.edu
www.urbanresourcesinitiative.org
Grant Number: 20140143
to support a community education course to train 20 New Haven residents about ways to reduce water pollution in the Quinnipiac River and its human health impacts, who will in turn educate 1000 additional residents in the community.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $15,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Contact Information
Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20130053
To provide general operating support for fostering awareness of environmental issues of the Quinnipiac River and promoting activities that safeguard the health of residents that use the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $7,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Contact Information
Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20120096
To support the education of fishers on safe consumption of fish from the Quinnipiac River and work with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to ensure fish signage is posted in the area in appropriate languages as well as support an exchange program where Quinnipiac River fishers can trade their lead weights for non-lead weights.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $2,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
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Grant Number: 20030664
To work directly with municipalities in the Quinnipiac river watershed not only to educate municipal officials, but also to follow up and help them improve municipal regulations that affect water quality in the Quinnipiac and watershed. Primary target for this project are municipal CEO's, Planning and Zoning Commissions, Inland Wetland Commissions, and Town Councils.
Year Issued: 2003 | Amount: $10,000
Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership
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