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: 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: 20160129
To support, as a first priority, monitoring of pollution and diversion permits, and only then Lunch and Learn sessions for municipal department of public works crews in the lower Quinnipiac watershed for best practices in stormwater pollution prevention; enforcement of public access at an abandoned, neglected Quinnipiac River site at Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven and education of phosphorus control.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $20,000
River Advocates of South Central Connecticut
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
Grant Number: 20160135
To support the purchase of additional benches along Phase III of the trail which will add 1.25 miles to Fireworks Island as well as graphic art designs for the informational sign to showcase history, natural history, and location information.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $5,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.town.wallingford.ct.us/Content/Quinnipiac_River_Linear_Trail_Advisory_Committee.asp
Grant Number: 20150149
to support training 3 municipal department of public works crews in stormwater pollution prevention using Lunch and Learn sessions and to support investigating the lower Quinnipiac River public access potential at two locations: Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven and behind Toelles Road businesses in Wallingford, adjacent to Quinnipiac River State Park. Mill River Watershed Association of South Central Connecticut, Inc. is acting as the fiscal sponsor.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $5,000
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
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
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
http://environment.yale.edu/profile/anisfeld/multimedia
Grant Number: 20140147
to support increasing capacity of the organization, sponsoring public events to focus attention on the lower Quinnipiac and urban rivers of Greater New Haven, and implementing certain recommendations from the Urban River Permits Project to reduce polluted runoff.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $20,000
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
Contact Information
Martin Mador
martin.mador@aya.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20140148
to support the costs of an informational kiosk for Fireworks Island which is included in Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Wallingford.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $2,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.qRiverTrail.org
Grant Number: 20140010
to support the continuation of investigating the compliance history and indirect discharges of publically owned treatment works on the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $6,000
Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc.
Contact Information
Attorney Alan Kosloff
alan.kosloff@law.uconn.edu
www.culi-law.org/
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
Contact Information
Francis Grant Suttie
fgrantsuttie@audubon.org
www.ct.audubon.org