Projects / Reports

Organization Date Issuedsort ascending Amount Title Description
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 04/15/2004 $20,000 Annual Monitoring To support the annual monitoring, education, advocacy, public access and restoration activities as well as expanding grassroots organizing to...
Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership 04/15/2004 $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...
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration 04/15/2004 $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,...
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration 04/15/2004 $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...
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 05/15/2003 $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,...
Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership 05/15/2003 $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 05/15/2003 $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...
Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership 05/15/2003 $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...
Elm City Parks Conservancy 05/15/2003 $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...
Friends of the Linear Trail, Inc. 05/15/2003 $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...
New Haven Land Trust, Inc 05/15/2003 $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 Association 05/15/2003 $20,000 Annual Monitoring To conduct Quinnipiac River Watershed Association's annual monitoring, education, advocacy and restoration activities.  It will also expand into...
Solar Youth 05/15/2003 $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...
Elm City Parks Conservancy 03/21/2002 $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.
Friends of the Linear Trail, Inc. 03/21/2002 $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...
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 03/21/2002 $20,000 Various programs To support volunteer monitoring, Stream Walk problem assessment, regulatory research, grassroots advocacy, education - upper and lower river, and...
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science 03/21/2002 $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 03/21/2002 $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...
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 03/21/2002 $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...
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 03/21/2002 $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...
Regional Growth Partnership 09/20/2001 $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...
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration 03/15/2001 $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.
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration 03/15/2001 $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 03/15/2001 $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.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 03/15/2001 $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.
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science 03/15/2001 $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...
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration 03/15/2001 $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.
Schooner, Inc 03/15/2001 $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...
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 03/15/2001 $3,500 Intranet Website To establish and maintain an intranet website for the Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 03/15/2001 $15,000 Volunteer Monitoring Programs To support Volunteer Monitoring Programs, Stream Walk II, Regulatory Research, Grassroots Advocacy, Education - upper and lower river, and general...
Historic Quinnipiac Street Group 03/15/2001 $6,000 Beautification and River Access To continue to work on beautification, river access and promotion of the Quinnipiac Avenue Historic District.
Friends of the Linear Trail, Inc. 03/15/2001 $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...
Elm City Parks Conservancy 03/15/2001 $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 School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 09/21/2000 $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.
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee 03/16/2000 $10,000 Linear Trail To help design and build a bicycle/hiking bridge over the Quinnipiac River.
New Haven Land Trust, Inc 03/16/2000 $8,000 Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve To support educational activities and access improvements at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration 03/16/2000 $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 University Grant and Contract Administration 03/16/2000 $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...
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 03/16/2000 $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...
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 03/16/2000 $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...
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 03/16/2000 $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...
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science 05/20/1999 $10,000 Web Page Development/GIS data & QRW data Establish and maintain an internet web site for the Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership.
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 03/18/1999 $12,500 Study of Biological Impoverishment To study the biological impoverishment of the Lower Quinnipiac River.
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies 03/18/1999 $16,500 Symposium on Point Source Pollution To support the project 'Symposium on Point Source Pollution and Toxic Legacies in the Quinnipiac River'.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 03/18/1999 $12,500 Stream Team To continue to develop the Stream Team volunteer water quality monitoring programs as a force for river conservation, and to further analyze data...
Long Island Soundkeeper Fund, Inc. 03/18/1999 $5,000 Protocol for Handling Specific Pollution Problems In collaboration with Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership members to set up a written protocol for handling specific types of pollution problems,...
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee 03/19/1998 $2,500 Linear Trail To plan an initial layout for an active inear trail along the Quinnipiac River corridor, initially through Wallingford from boarder to boarder,...
New Haven Land Trust, Inc 03/19/1998 $2,500 Purchase a 16.8 acre parcel along the Q River To purchase a 16.8 acre parcel along the Quinnipiac River to encourage the use of the property for recreational and educational purposes.
Long Island Soundkeeper Fund, Inc. 03/19/1998 $1,000 Advocate for Clean Water To continue to be an advocate for clean water and to address local pollution problems using Soundkeeper's resources and expertise.
Connstep 03/19/1998 $7,000 Pollution Prevention Assessments To conduct pollution prevention assessments at six volunteer manufacturing companies to assist in identifying opportunities to reduce discharges and...

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