Projects
Grant Number: 20251470
to support the improvement of public access on the lower Quinnipiac River, as well as to support advocating on state and local permits affecting water quality and quantity, and carry out bacteria monitoring.
Year Issued: 2025 | Amount: $17,000
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
https://www.riveradvocatesscct.org/
Reports:
River Advocates 20251470.pdf
Grant Number: 20211286
to support a coliform bacteria testing program that uses trained volunteers to collect and a professional lab to analyze to support a coliform bacteria testing program that uses trained volunteers to collect and a professional lab to analyze bacteria in stream and river segments of the Quinnipiac Watershed, and to support advocacy for state and local permits affecting water quality of the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $15,000
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
https://www.riveradvocatesscct.org/
Reports:
RiverAdvocates_20211286.pdf
Grant Number: 20201262
to support the monitoring of state level permits affecting water quality, and then support water quality testing of the Quinnipiac River as well as recruitment and training of a permits observer corps to monitor local land use commissions and screen for testimony local land use permits.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $15,769
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
https://www.riveradvocatesscct.org/
Grant Number: 20190130
To support the recruitment and training of a permits observer corps to monitor local land use commissions and screen for testimony local land use permits, as well as assist in monitoring of state level permits affecting water quality.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $15,000
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesscct.org
Grant Number: 20170090
To support Lunch and Learn sessions for municipal department of public works crews in the lower Quinnipiac watershed for best practices in stormwater pollution prevention; enforcement of public access site at Little River, a Quinnipiac tributary at Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven; education of phosphorus control; and monitoring of pollution and diversion permits.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $10,000
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesSCCT.org
To support the measurement of copper concentration and bioavailability throughout the Quinnipiac River system and its tributaries.
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $12,000
Yale University - Grant and Contract Administration
CATEGORY
GRANTEE
- quinnipiac university (17)
- university of new haven (13)
- yale university (13)
- yale school of forestry/environmental studies (6)
- (-) river advocates of south central ct (5)
- university of new haven, dept. of biology and environmental science (5)
- yale university grant and contract administration (5)
- river advocates of south central connecticut (3)
- watershed partnership, inc (3)
- connecticut agricultural experiment station (2)
- connecticut coalition for environmental justice (2)
- connecticut urban legal initiative, inc. (2)
- the watershed partnership, inc. (2)
- university of connecticut, dept. of chemistry (2)
- university of new haven, department of biology & environmental science (2)
- art25 (1)
- city of meriden (1)
- farmington river watershed association, inc. (1)
- land use leadership alliance (1)
- national marine fisheries service (1)
- new haven county soil & water conservation di (1)
- new haven land trust, inc (1)
- river advocates of greater new haven, inc. (1)
- southern connecticut state university (1)
- southern connecticut state university foundation (1)
- university of connecticut (1)
- university of connecticut foundation (1)
- university of connecticut, college of agriculture and natural resources (1)
- yale school of forestry (1)
- yale school of forestry & environmental studies (1)
- (-) yale university - grant and contract administration (1)
