Projects and Reports
| Organization | Date Issued Sort ascending | Amount | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $12,000 | Yale University - Study of Q River Tidal Marshes Data Gathering re: stress on Ecosystem | To support investigation of the various stresses that may be contributing to the extensive loss of vegetation in the Quinnipiac tidal marshes and… | |
| South Central CT Regional Econ. Develop. Corp | $8,000 | RGP-QRiver Conservation and Development Corridor Project | To support funding for two aspects of the Quinnipiac River Conservation and Development corridor Project. RPG will develop an inter-municipal… | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $14,500 | Yale University Project to Measure Methyl Mercury Contamination | To support the measurement of methyl mercury contamination in the Quinnipiac River and the Oysters in New Haven Harbor. The study will evaluate the… | |
| Rex Development (formerly known as South Central CT Regional Econ. Develop. Corp) | $8,000 | Elm City Park Conservancy/Dragon Oyster Co. | To support funding for two aspects of the Quinnipiac River Conservation and Development corridor Project. RPG will develop an inter-municipal… | |
| University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science | $17,500 | UNH QRiver Watershed Geographic Information System Project | To support a graduate student that will work with the PI and others (e.g. at the RGP) to maintain the QRW (Quinniipiac River Watershed) GIS… | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $7,500 | Yale University-Short Course in River Processes (4) | To offer a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmrntal activists. The course will… | |
| New Haven Land Trust, Inc | $12,300 | Hemingway Creek Wetland Protection | To fund the protection of the Heminway Creek, a tributary of the Quinnipiac River through the purchase of wetlands. | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $7,390 | Course on river processes | To support a short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials that will cover the basic hydrologic,… | |
| Cold Spring School | $4,995 | Internet/Handheld computer field guide | To support the production of a student lead project of internet based-handheld computer field guides resources for the Quinnipiac River that… | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Association | $20,000 | Annual Monitoring | To support the annual monitoring, education, advocacy, public access and restoration activities as well as expanding grassroots organizing to… | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $7,500 | Mercury Contamination | To measure contamination along the Quinnipiac River and in oysters of the New Haven Harbor and evaluate the extent of mercury pollution and identify… | |
| Elm City Parks Conservancy | $10,000 | Quinnipiac River Discovery | To support an education and awareness program for youth and the broader community. | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership | $20,000 | Chemical lawn pesticides and fertilizer study | To support a before and after pilot study of a residential neighborhood within the Quinnipiac River Watershed after it has participated in an… | |
| Friends of the Linear Trail, Inc. | $10,000 | Trail Route and Pedestrian Bridge | To establish a trail route and to construct a pedestrian bridge over the Quinnipiac River for phase three of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail which… | |
| Solar Youth | $8,000 | Kids Explore!, Kids Do!, Kids Teach! | To educate New Haven's youth about the natural and social systems that affect the Quinnipiac River. To design and execute a community service… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $10,000 | Course on river processes | To offer a short course in river processes to local environmental activist and municipal officials. The course will cover the basic hydrologic,… | |
| New Haven Land Trust, Inc | $5,000 | Quinnipiac River Partnership | To test various water quality parameters and assess the condition of the Hemingway Creek, a tributary of the Quinnipiac River which borders one of… | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership | $10,000 | Quinnipiac River Business Outreach Program | To reach out to businesses close to the Quinnipiac River to educate those who have not registered or are not in compliance with the commercial… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $13,000 | Monitoring Vegetation | To continue monitoring vegetation change and mudflat development in the Quinnipiac River brackish marshes, and begin to test hypothesized causes for… | |
| Elm City Parks Conservancy | $8,000 | Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership | To educate the community about the effects of pollution, to increase access to the Quinnipiac River, to empower the residents to right environmental… | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Association | $20,000 | Annual Monitoring | To conduct Quinnipiac River Watershed Association's annual monitoring, education, advocacy and restoration activities. It will also expand into… | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership | $10,000 | Municipal Regulation Program | To work directly with municipalities in the Quinnipiac river watershed not only to educate municipal officials, but also to follow up and help them… | |
| University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science | $17,992 | GIS Data Layers and Analyses | For development of GIS data layers and analyses in support of conservation and sustainable development activities in the lower Quinnipiac River… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $10,000 | Course in River Processes | To offer a 2-day short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials. The course will cover the basic… | |
| Friends of the Linear Trail, Inc. | $10,000 | Land Acquisition, Trail Development, Public Outreach and Education | To continue efforts in support of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Project and the development of a greenway corridor along the Quinnpiac River… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $3,369 | Four-Day Workshop | To work with selected leaders from Quinnipiac River Watershed communities to improve the land use decision-making process and control non-point… | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Association | $20,000 | Various programs | To support volunteer monitoring, Stream Walk problem assessment, regulatory research, grassroots advocacy, education - upper and lower river, and… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $14,500 | Monitoring Vegetation Change and Mudflat Development | To continue monitoring vegetation change and mudflat development in the Quinnipiac River tidal marshes. In addition, to conduct field and lab work… | |
| Elm City Parks Conservancy | $10,000 | Quinnipiac River Park | To continue the work the Fair Haven community has done towards cleaning, maintaining and planning for an eco-sensitive Quinnipiac River Park. | |
| Regional Growth Partnership | $3,000 | Photograph the Quinnipiac River | To retain services to photograph the Quinnipiac River from New Haven to Wallingford. The photos will be used by RGP, Yale University Coastal and… | |
| University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science | $15,050 | The Quinnipiac River Watershed and Region Geographic Information System | 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 Watershed Association | $3,500 | Intranet Website | To establish and maintain an intranet website for the Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership. | |
| Friends of the Linear Trail, Inc. | $3,000 | Linear Trail | To further acquire land for the trail right of way, construction of bridges, boardwalks, and observation platform, and fund raising in support of… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $500 | Printing Costs: Q River Watershed Water Quality Report | To make 20 more copies of the Quinnipiac River Report on the water quality of the river. | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $14,350 | Field Research Program | To support Field Research Program to document wetland loss along the Quinnipiac River Estuary and document baseline conditions and historic trends. | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Association | $15,000 | Volunteer Monitoring Programs | To support Volunteer Monitoring Programs, Stream Walk II, Regulatory Research, Grassroots Advocacy, Education - upper and lower river, and general… | |
| Elm City Parks Conservancy | $8,000 | Cleaning and Canoeing the Quinnipac Program | To support The Cleaning and Canoeing the Quinnipiac Program that will get all Fair Haven students onto the river for education, provide community… | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $8,860 | Nutrient Export Study | To support studying nutrient export from subwatersheds during storm events, including phosphorus (P), which is the limiting nutrient in fresh waters. | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Association | $2,500 | Repairing Bank Erosion | To develop a plan of action and then begin the process of repairing the bank erosion and tree infall in the Quinnipiac River. | |
| Schooner, Inc | $8,000 | Educational Activities | To support educational activities taking place on-board the schooner Quinnipiac that will connect students and teachers from upper watershed schools… | |
| Historic Quinnipiac Street Group | $6,000 | Beautification and River Access | To continue to work on beautification, river access and promotion of the Quinnipiac Avenue Historic District. | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $15,000 | Municipal Land Use Regulations | To collect and publish a systematic review of municipal land-use regulations in the Quinnipiac River Watershed. | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $5,000 | Intensive Policy Planning Workshop - Q River Marshes | To support a high level intensive policy planning workshop to address continuing contamination and degradation of the Quinnipiac River Marshes. | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $20,000 | Bioaccumulation of Sediment Contaminants by the Benthos of the Quinnipiac River | To support the project entitled Bioaccumulation of Sediment Contaminants by Benthos of the Quinnipiac River. This proposed research is an… | |
| Quinnipiac River Watershed Association | $10,000 | Stream Team | To continue to work on scientifically validated Stream Team assessment program, to redesign the program to use a larger poll of personnel who will… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $6,500 | Quinnipiac River Pollution Permit Analysis | To analyze and report on a comparison of effluent monitoring data to permit requirements for industrial National Pollutant Discharge Elimination… | |
| Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee | $10,000 | Linear Trail | To help design and build a bicycle/hiking bridge over the Quinnipiac River. | |
| Yale University Grant and Contract Administration | $14,842 | Comparison of Sediment Contaminants in the Branford River and the Quinnipiac River and their Effects on the Benthic Community | To support the project entitled Comparison of Sediment Contaminants in the Branford River and the Quinnipiac River and their effects on the Benthic… | |
| Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies | $140,000 | Understanding the Fate of Formaldehyde in the Q River | To test the hypothesis that Cytec is discharging into the Quinnipiac a large amount ot polymeric formaldehyde which a) has not been accounted for in… | |
| New Haven Land Trust, Inc | $8,000 | Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve | To support educational activities and access improvements at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve. |
