Projects

Analyze Food Fish
Grant Number: 970242
To sample and analyze food fish from the Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers for toxic organic and inorganic contaminants.
Year Issued: 1997 | Amount: $7,000
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Enhance Quinnipiac River Home Page
Grant Number: 970238
To continue to enhance & update the home page of the Quinnipiac River fund on the World Wide Web to disseminate information regarding the QR and New Haven Harbor ecosystems.
Year Issued: 1997 | Amount: $5,000
UCONN-Department of Marine Science
Web Page Development/GIS data & QRW data
Grant Number: 970239
Continued support for the development of a geographic information system for the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 1997 | Amount: $10,000
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Purchase Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer
Grant Number: 970240
To purchase a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in order to conduct studies on the types and levels of organic contaminants in water & tissue of fish & other organisms.
Year Issued: 1997 | Amount: $12,000
Yale University
World Wide Web/QR and New Haven Harbor Ecosystems
Grant Number: 961209
To establish a site or home page on the World Wide Web to disseminate information regarding the QR and New Haven Harbor ecosystems.
Year Issued: 1996 | Amount: $3,978
University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Science
Measure Quantity of Bioavailable Toxic Forms
Grant Number: 961213
To measure the quantity of bioavailable toxic forms of dissolved heavy metals in the QR seasonally and during storm events.
Year Issued: 1996 | Amount: $5,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Restoration of 9.4 acre parcel along Q'River
Grant Number: 961214
To conduct restoration of its 9.4 acre parcel along the Quinnipiac River to remove rubble and debris degrading tidal wetland on the parcel.
Year Issued: 1996 | Amount: $5,000
The New Haven Land Trust, Inc.
Reports: 961214 - New Haven Land Trust, Inc..pdf
Evaluate Road Salt Management & Applications
Grant Number: 940037
To evaluate road salt management and application practices; correlate problems and recommend future action.
Year Issued: 1994 | Amount: $5,000
New Haven County Soil & Water Conservation Di
Measure/Assess Organic & Metal Contaminants
Grant Number: 940038
To measure and assess organic and metal contaminants in the eggs, liver, kidney and flesh of tautog (blackfish) from New Haven Harbor.
Year Issued: 1994 | Amount: $5,000
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Ultra Clean Methods
Grant Number: 940039
Use ultra-clean methods to pinpoint sources of toxic heavy metals, to establish a history of metal pollution in the river.
Year Issued: 1994 | Amount: $5,380
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies