Public Education

School lawn pesticide ban outreach and expansion and website enhancement

Organization: 
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
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.

Public events and implementing recommendations from the Urban River Permits Project

Organization: 
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
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.

Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Wallingford

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
2 000.00
Description: 
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.

Educational programs related to the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve

Organization: 
New Haven Land Trust Inc
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
6 500.00
Description: 
to support a series of educational programs related to the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve, which is a significant means of public access to the river in New Haven as well as an example of riparian habitats such as tidal wetlands, coastal forest and coastal grasslands.

Education course to reduce water pollution in the Quinnipiac River and its human health impacts

Organization: 
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
15 000.00
Description: 
to support a community education course to train 20 New Haven residents about ways to reduce water pollution in the Quinnipiac River and its human health impacts, who will in turn educate 1000 additional residents in the community.

Environmental advocacy

Organization: 
Mill River Watershed Association of South Central Connecticut Inc.
Date Issued: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Amount: 
15 000.00
Description: 
To support environmental advocacy, particularly through raising awareness of new federal phosphorus requirements for the lower Quinnipiac River.

Fostering awareness of environmental issues of the Quinnipiac River

Organization: 
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Date Issued: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Amount: 
7 000.00
Description: 
To provide general operating support for fostering awareness of environmental issues of the Quinnipiac River and promoting activities that safeguard the health of residents that use the Quinnipiac River.

Advocating and completion of the Lower Quinnipiac River Canoeable Trail and the Town of North Haven canoe launch

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
To support recruitment and training for residents in each of the river municipalities to become advocates on behalf of the Quinnipiac River in order to participate in public meetings on the upcoming Quinnipiac Watershed Action Plan Update of 2012 and to support the completion of the Lower Quinnipiac River Canoeable Trail and the Town of North Haven canoe launch to access the new trail.

Phase III section of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
3 500.00
Description: 
To support signage which will include a trail map and information about the natural history and historical aspects of the area for the Phase III section of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail which will extend 1.25 miles northward from the current terminus of the Trail at the Wilbur Cross Parkway underpass.

Continuation of a public access recreation and educational trail in North Haven

Organization: 
North Haven Trail Association
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
3 500.00
Description: 
To support the continuation of a public access recreation and educational trail along the tidal marsh section of the Quinnipiac River, behind the Universal Drive shopping areas, in North Haven.

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