Projects
Grant Number: 20231329  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront. 
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
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: 20231327  
to support the study of biofilm composition and growth on polypropylene microplastic versus natural stone in unimpaired and impaired sections of the Quinnipiac River.  
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $15,500 
        University of New Haven  
  
  Contact Information
Sharon Kahara 
skahara@newhaven.edu 
https://www.newhaven.edu/
Grant Number: 20231326  
to support the creation of public access on the lower Quinnipiac River, as well as to support advocating on state and local permits affecting water quality and quantity, and carry out bacteria monitoring. 
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $16,500 
        River Advocates of South Central CT  
  
  Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky 
marymushinsky@att.net 
https://www.riveradvocatesscct.org/
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: 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: 20221222  
to support the study of bioaccumulation of heavy metals found in a targeted fish species indigenous to the Quinnipiac River. 
 
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $18,930 
        University of New Haven  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. R. Christopher O'Brien 
rcobrien@newhaven.edu 
www.newhaven.edu
Grant Number: 20221220  
to support the measurement of water quality parameters, as well as assess the condition of resident oysters in the Quinnipiac River and neighboring Morris Creek ecosystems. 
 
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $20,000 
        University of Connecticut  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Zofia Baumann 
zofia.baumann@uconn.edu 
Grant Number: 20221219  
to support meetings with local stakeholders to develop enhancements to the Quinnipiac Watershed Based Plan.
 
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $9,710 
        Southwest Conservation District, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Christopher Sullivan  
csullivan@conservect.org 
www.conservect.org/southwest
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
 
 


