Conservation

Organic Land Care Program

Organization: 
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Organization
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Amount: 
6 530.00
Description: 
Funds are requested to support the implementation of an intensive workshops to teach 100 Connecticut school groundskeepers how to mamnage fields without the use of harmful pesticides.

Safe Grounds Campaign

Organization: 
Watershed Partnership, Inc
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Amount: 
18 000.00
Description: 
To support the Safe Grounds Campaign which helps reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in the Quinnipiac River watershed.  

Two day training program for local land use leaders

Organization: 
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA)
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Amount: 
7 500.00
Description: 
To support a two-day training program for local land use leaders to educate them on the scope of their jurisdiction, the flexibility they have under the law, tools for natural resource and watershed protection and collaborative techniques including consensus building, facilitated decision-making, community participation and effective meetings management.

Homeowner workshops on organic land care

Organization: 
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
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.

Definition and granting of land easements

Organization: 
North Haven Trail Association
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Amount: 
3 000.00
Description: 
To support consultant/professional work required to support the definition and granting of land easements from private property owners along the river where the intended route of the trail is located.

Homeowner Workshops

Organization: 
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Amount: 
6 000.00
Description: 
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.

The Quinnipiac River Watershed and Region Geographic Information System

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2001
Amount: 
15 050.00
Description: 
To develop GIS data layers of selected brownfield sites in Hamden, CT, and develop and analyze detailed GIS data layers for the marshes in the lower Quinnipiac River.

Pollution Prevention Assessments

Organization: 
Connstep
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 1998
Amount: 
7 000.00
Description: 
To conduct pollution prevention assessments at six volunteer manufacturing companies to assist in identifying opportunities to reduce discharges and environmental impacts.

Stream Team

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 1998
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To continue to develop the Stream Team volunteer water quality monitoring programs as a force for river conservation, and to further analyze data collected in both 1998-1999 grant years.

Restoration of 9.4 acre parcel along Q'River

Organization: 
The New Haven Land Trust, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 21, 1996
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To conduct restoration of its 9.4 acre parcel along the Quinnipiac River to remove rubble and debris degrading tidal wetland on the parcel.

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