Projects

Monitoring of marsh surface elevations, salinity and vegetation
Grant Number: 200180205
To support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support analysis of vegetation change and surveying of marsh migration at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $13,100
Yale University
Contact Information
Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
www.yale.edu
Reports: QRF Final report form_20180205.pdf, QRF Final report attachment.jpg
Industrial pollutants in water and on indigenous fish populations
Grant Number: 20180211
To support identification, characterization and assessment of industrial pollutants in water and on indigenous fish populations in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $21,000
Quinnipiac University
Contact Information
Courtney McGinnis
courtney.mcginnis@quinnipiac.edu
www.qu.edu
Reports: QRF Final report form.pdf
Monitor the ecology of songbirds in the Quinnipiac River watershed
Grant Number: 20180204
To support the establishment of bird nest boxes at multiple locations in the Quinnipiac River watershed and monitor the ecology of songbirds that breed in the watershed.
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $11,500
Quinnipiac University
Contact Information
Dr. Scott Davies
Scott.Davies@quinnipiac.edu
www.qu.edu
Reports: Final report.pdf
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