Projects
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
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Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
http://environment.yale.edu/profile/anisfeld/multimedia
Grant Number: 20020634
To offer a 2-day short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical, and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activity. Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnpiac River.
Year Issued: 2002 | Amount: $10,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 20030657
To offer a short course in river processes to local environmental activist and municipal officials. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems and how they are perturbed by human activities. Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2003 | Amount: $10,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 20050331
To support the work of the Freedom Lawn Campaign to educate users of 'traditional' chemical lawn care about the harmful environmental and health effects of pesticides and fertilizers, and encourage a switch to organic lawn care methods that are safe for the natural environment and people.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $23,000
Watershed Partnership, Inc
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Grant Number: 20070057
Funds are requested to support the continuation and extension of the successful Safe Grounds Campaign in efforts to reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $19,000
Watershed Partnership, Inc
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Grant Number: 20080160
Funds are requested to support the continuation of short courses concerning river processes to local members of the conservation/inlan wetland commissions and environmental activists.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $8,260
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 20090109
To support the Safe Grounds Campaign which helps reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $18,000
Watershed Partnership, Inc
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Grant Number: 20100144
To support homeowner workshops and outreach and to initiate data analysis and focus group research to design a program to best serve homeowners who want organic land care for their properties.
Year Issued: 2010 | Amount: $5,000
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, Inc.
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Grant Number: 20110135
To support the continuation of homeowner workshops which will initiate educational outreach on organic land care to inland/wetland and conservation commissions, including installation and assisting in the development and related outreach of an online turf forum geared towards Connecticut school groundskeepers.
Year Issued: 2011 | Amount: $6,000
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, Inc.
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