Projects
Grant Number: 20231328
to support the study of salt in catch basins and to design simple and inexpensive modifications that will allow salt to be flushed out while leaving sediments and their toxic burdens behind where they can be removed by routine maintenance.
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20221221
to support the study of salt levels in the Quinnipiac River and typical source waters to advance understanding of this emerging pollution threat.
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $20,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.your.yale.edu/research-support/office-sponsored-projects
Grant Number: 20221223
to support coliform bacteria testing program on one tributary or river segment of the Quinnipiac Watershed, as well as continued advocacy to strengthen state NPDES and local land use permits affecting water quality in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $16,577
River Advocates of South Central Connecticut
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesSCCT.org
Grant Number: 20211290
to support the study of microplastics and macroplastics in the Quinnipiac River and its source waters.
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $20,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Mr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
https://www.yale.edu/
Grant Number: 20201268
to support the study of microplastics in storm run-off to tributaries in the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $19,757
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
https://www.yale.edu/
Grant Number: 20190124
to support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support measurement of soil salinity and vegetation cover in marsh-bordering areas at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20190123
To support the measurement of mercury in bottom sediments and in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River watershed to determine where it exceeds safety thresholds.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $17,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20180208
To support a half day Quinnipiac Update conference; improvements to public access to the Little River, a Quinnipiac tributary, at Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven; education of phosphorus control; and promotion of pollution and diversion permit participation.
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $20,000
River Advocates of South Central Connecticut
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesscct.org
Grant Number: 20170094
To support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support preliminary analysis of marsh migration at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $14,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20170089
To support measuring mercury in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River's watershed to see where it exceeds safety thresholds.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $19,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu