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
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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
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Brent Peterkin
brent@gathernewhaven.org
https://gathernewhaven.org/
Grant Number: 20150151
to support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to determine whether endocrine disruptors are present and then to trace their source.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $11,000
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
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Dr. Melanie Eldridge
meldridge@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20150147
to support the study of the biodiversity of benthic algal communities and the potential for copper contamination in communities throughout the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,000
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
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Dr. Amy Carlile
acarlile@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20150082
to support the study of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wild fish within the freshwater regions of the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,600
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
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Dr. John Kelly
jkelly@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20140009
to support outreach, education and advocacy of the current school lawn pesticide ban and activities associated with the expansion of the ban to include all Connecticut parks, playgrounds, municipal playing fields and town greens, as well as the enhancement of the organization's website.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $20,000
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
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Jerry Silbert
WaterPartnership@SBCglobal.net
www.WatershedPartnership.org
Grant Number: 20120062
To support the Safe Grounds Campaign to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of toxic lawn pesticides in the Quinnipiac River watershed and throughout Connecticut.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $20,000
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
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Grant Number: 950104
To organize the community that live in NH QRiver section to learn about the river & establish a permanent advocacy group.
Year Issued: 1995 | Amount: $3,000
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative
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Grant Number: 20011151
To retain services to photograph the Quinnipiac River from New Haven to Wallingford. The photos will be used by RGP, Yale University Coastal and Watershed Study Center, and the University of New Haven for academic, economic development and planning purposes. The parties will be using the information for public education about the marshes and the interrelationships with the marsh. RGP will be utilizing the photos to assist in the implementation of the Quinnipiac River Conservation and Development Corridor project (QRCDC).
Year Issued: 2001 | Amount: $3,000
Regional Growth Partnership
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Grant Number: 20020637
To continue the work the Fair Haven community has done towards cleaning, maintaining and planning for an eco-sensitive Quinnipiac River Park.
Year Issued: 2002 | Amount: $10,000
Elm City Parks Conservancy
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