Projects

Monitoring Vegetation
Grant Number: 20020633
To continue monitoring vegetation change and mudflat development in the Quinnipiac River brackish marshes, and begin to test hypothesized causes for the observed wetland loss.  To complete a nitrogen and trace metal analyses and begin to assess how marsh loss has affected the load of pollutants to the river.
Year Issued: 2003 | Amount: $13,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Kids Explore!, Kids Do!, Kids Teach!
Grant Number: 20030658
To educate New Haven's youth about the natural and social systems that affect the Quinnipiac River.  To design and execute a community service action project that addresses an issue for youth to identify and teach what they have learned and accomplished to others; thereby building a constituency of urban advocates for the Quinnipiac River.  This project is called Kids Explore!, Kids Do!, Kids Teach!
Year Issued: 2003 | Amount: $8,000
Solar Youth
Reports: 20030658 Solar Youth.pdf
Quinnipiac River Park
Grant Number: 20020637
To continue the work the Fair Haven community has done towards cleaning, maintaining and planning for an eco-sensitive Quinnipiac River Park.
Year Issued: 2002 | Amount: $10,000
Elm City Parks Conservancy
Photograph the Quinnipiac River
Grant Number: 20011151
To retain services to photograph the Quinnipiac River from New Haven to Wallingford.  The photos will be used by RGP, Yale University Coastal and Watershed Study Center, and the University of New Haven for academic, economic development and planning purposes.  The parties will be using the information for public education about the marshes and the interrelationships with the marsh.  RGP will be utilizing the photos to assist in the implementation of the Quinnipiac River Conservation and Development Corridor project (QRCDC).
Year Issued: 2001 | Amount: $3,000
Regional Growth Partnership
Linear Trail
Grant Number: 20010204
To further acquire land for the trail right of way, construction of bridges, boardwalks, and observation platform, and fund raising in support of those activities.
Year Issued: 2001 | Amount: $3,000
Friends of the Linear Trail, Inc.
Beautification and River Access
Grant Number: 20010209
To continue to work on beautification, river access and promotion of the Quinnipiac Avenue Historic District.
Year Issued: 2001 | Amount: $6,000
Historic Quinnipiac Street Group
Printing Costs:  Q River Watershed Water Quality Report
Grant Number: 20010664
To make 20 more copies of the Quinnipiac River Report on the water quality of the river.
Year Issued: 2001 | Amount: $500
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Municipal Land Use Regulations
Grant Number: 20010407
To collect and  publish a systematic review of municipal land-use regulations in the Quinnipiac River Watershed.
Year Issued: 2001 | Amount: $15,000
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Reports: 20010407 Yale University Grant and Contract pt 2.pdf
Nutrient Export Study
Grant Number: 20010412
To support studying nutrient export from subwatersheds during storm events, including phosphorus (P), which is the limiting nutrient in fresh waters.
Year Issued: 2001 | Amount: $8,860
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve
Grant Number: 20000302
To support educational activities and access improvements at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2000 | Amount: $8,000
New Haven Land Trust, Inc