Projects
Grant Number: 20070060
Funds are requested to conduct mercury contamination research at Wharton Brook in Quinnipiac River system. Research activities include measuring mercury in water, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish along the length of thw Wharton Brook and its tributaries.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $18,446
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20070056
Funds are requested to support the continuation of measuring elevation change and water levels in the Quinnipiac River marshes in efforts to understand the rate and causes of marsh drowning (conversion to mudflat) that has been observed there.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $14,294
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20070055
Funds are requested to support the offering of a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmental activists. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical, and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities. Participants will recieve the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $8,064
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20070057
Funds are requested to support the continuation and extension of the successful Safe Grounds Campaign in efforts to reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $19,000
Watershed Partnership, Inc
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Grant Number: 20070058
Funds are requested to support an environmental study assessing relationships among habitat structure, marsh topography, ecological dynamics and potential conservation initiatives in the Lower Quinnipiac River marshes.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $23,135
University of New Haven
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Grant Number: 20070062
Funds are requested to support continued efforts to develop and aopt an inter-municipal tax revenue sharing agreement and shared land use plan among the reigion's five municipalities bordering the Quinnipiac River. Related activities under this project will include assessments on key properties along the river, community outreach, and planning for a new canoe launch site in North Haven.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $500
Rex Development (formerly known as South Central CT Regional Econ. Develop. Corp)
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Grant Number: 20070064
Funds are requested to support organization and implementation of outreach and advocacy for the Quinnipiac Watershed Stream Buffer Initiative (Phase II) and regular grassroots events.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $16,500
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
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Grant Number: 20070063
Funds are requested to support a collaborative effort of developing a resource and policy guide for the Quinnipiac River edge for public access permits, best management practices, stabilization practices, liability, and ecology.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $8,500
Quinnipiac River Community Group
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Grant Number: 20070054
Funds are requested to support implementation of informational and educational efforts and activities advocating for pesticide use reduction. These efforts will focus on the 80 property owners whose properties abut the Quinnipiac River in Plainville, CT. The activities will include 2 river clean-ups, coordination of a fishing derby, Earth Day Extravaganza, promotion and advocacy of Freedom Lawn Initiative, and a Tomasso Nature Park clean-up. (see grant notes)
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $2,000
Farmington River Watershed Association, Inc.
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Grant Number: 20070065
Funds are requested to support the organization and implementation of "Consider the Qunnipiac" photo-based awareness campaign" motivationg people to consider the consequences of poor stewardship. The campaign will include photo exhibits, and web-based gallery including information about the specific threats, pollutants, and damages to the river.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $8,500
Catalyst Studios, Inc.
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www.ConsidertheQuinnipiac.com