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: 20241218
to support the creation 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: 2024 | Amount: $17,000
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
https://www.riveradvocatesscct.org/
Reports:
River Advocates Report.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: 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
CATEGORY
GRANTEE
- quinnipiac river watershed association (8)
- catalyst studios, inc. (5)
- (-) river advocates of south central ct (5)
- yale school of forestry/environmental studies (5)
- elm city parks conservancy (4)
- gather new haven (4)
- university of new haven, dept. of biology and environmental science (4)
- yale university (4)
- connecticut coalition for environmental justice (3)
- land use leadership alliance (lula) (3)
- new haven land trust, inc (3)
- southwest conservation district (3)
- watershed partnership, inc (3)
- connecticut northeast organic farmers organization (2)
- long island soundkeeper fund, inc. (2)
- new haven land trust (2)
- north haven trail association (2)
- northeast organic farming association of connecticut, inc. (2)
- rex development (formerly known as south central ct regional econ. develop. corp) (2)
- river advocates of greater new haven, inc. (2)
- schooner, inc (2)
- the watershed partnership, inc. (2)
- univ. of connecticut, coop. extension system (2)
- yale university grant and contract administration (2)
- audubon connecticut (1)
- connecticut department of energy and environmental protection (1)
- connstep (1)
- ct dept. of agriculture/aquaculture division (1)
- fair haven housing initiative/grand news (1)
- farmington river watershed association, inc. (1)
- mill river watershed association of south central connecticut inc. (1)
- n h urban resources init. (1)
- national marine fisheries service (1)
- new haven board of park commissioners (1)
- new haven county soil & water conservation di (1)
- new haven land trust, inc. (1)
- quinnipiac river linear trail advisory committee (1)
- quinnipiac river watershed partnership (1)
- quinnipiac university (1)
- river advocates of south central connecticut (1)
- southwest conservation district, inc. (1)
- the new haven land trust, inc. (1)
- trout unlimited: eastern water project (1)
- university of connecticut dept. of ecology (1)
- university of connecticut, dept. of chemistry (1)
- university of new haven (1)
- urban resources initiative (1)
- yale school of forestry & environmental studies (1)
