Projects

Quinnipiac River Watershed Coordinator position
Grant Number: 20264530
to support the Quinnipiac River Watershed Coordinator position.
Year Issued: 2026 | Amount: $20,264,530
Southwest Conservation District, Inc.
Contact Information
Chris Sullivan
csullivan@conservect.org
https://conservect.org/southwest/
Quinnipiac River Watershed Coordinator position
Grant Number: 20251471
to support the Quinnipiac River Watershed Coordinator position.
Year Issued: 2025 | Amount: $11,660
Southwest Conservation District
Contact Information
Christopher Sullivan
csullivan@conservect.org
https://conservect.org/southwest/
Reports: Southwest Conservation District 20251471.pdf
Restoration, conservation, and maintenance of the Quinnipiac Meadows/Fargeorge and Hemingway Creek Nature Preserves
Grant Number: 20251468
to support the restoration, conservation, and maintenance of the Quinnipiac Meadows/Fargeorge and Hemingway Creek Nature Preserves.
Year Issued: 2025 | Amount: $20,300
Gather New Haven
Contact Information
Jonathon Savage
jonathon@gathernewhaven.org
http://www.gathernewhaven.org
Reports: Gather New Haven 20251468.pdf
Quinnipiac River Watershed Coordinator position
Grant Number: 20241220
to support a Quinnipiac River Watershed Coordinator position.
Year Issued: 2024 | Amount: $12,000
Southwest Conservation District
Contact Information
Chris Sullivan
csullivan@conservect.org
https://conservect.org/southwest/
Reports: Southwest Conservation District 20241220.pdf
Restoration, conservation, and maintenance of the Quinnipiac Meadows/Fargeorge Nature Preserve
Grant Number: 20241216
to support the restoration, conservation, and maintenance of the Quinnipiac Meadows/Fargeorge Nature Preserve,
Year Issued: 2024 | Amount: $15,000
Gather New Haven
Contact Information
Jonathon Savage
jonathon@gathernewhaven.org
http://www.gathernewhaven.org
Quinnipiac Meadows/Fargeorge Nature Preserve
Grant Number: 20231325
to support the protection and care of the Quinnipiac Meadows/Fargeorge Nature Preserve, as well as to support enhancements to the Growing Entrepreneurs program, Schooner scholarships, expansion of environmental programming and land acquisition.
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000
Gather New Haven
Contact Information
Tyra Pendergrass Boomer
tmpendergrass@gmail.com
http://www.gathernewhaven.org
Reports: GatherNewHaven_20231325.pdf
Enhancements to the Quinnipiac Watershed Based Plan
Grant Number: 20221219
to support meetings with local stakeholders to develop enhancements to the Quinnipiac Watershed Based Plan.
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $9,710
Southwest Conservation District, Inc.
Contact Information
Christopher Sullivan
csullivan@conservect.org
www.conservect.org/southwest
Reports: Southwest Conservation District Final Report.pdf
Initiation of a Quinnipiac River watershed plan
Grant Number: 20211284
to support the initiation of a Quinnipiac River watershed plan.
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $18,000
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA)
Contact Information
Jessica Bacher
jbacher@law.pace.edu
https://law.pace.edu/land-use-leadership-alliance-training-program
Reports: Land Use Leadership Alliance Final Report 20211284.pdf
Study of microplastics in storm run-off
Grant Number: 20201268
to support the study of microplastics in storm run-off to tributaries in the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $19,757
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
https://www.yale.edu/
Reports: QRF Final report form.doc
Monitoring of marsh surface elevations, salinity and vegetation
Grant Number: 20201267
to support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support measurement of soil salinity and vegetation cover in marsh-bordering areas at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $4,856
Yale University
Contact Information
Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
https://www.yale.edu/
Reports: QRF Final report form_Anisfeld.pdf