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: 20231332
to support assessing the status of oyster beds in the lower Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,500
University of Connecticut Foundation
Contact Information
Zofia Baumann
zofia.baumann@uconn.edu
www.uconn.edu
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
Grant Number: 20221223
to support coliform bacteria testing program on one tributary or river segment of the Quinnipiac Watershed, as well as continued advocacy to strengthen state NPDES and local land use permits affecting water quality in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $16,577
River Advocates of South Central Connecticut
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesSCCT.org
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: 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
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
Grant Number: 20180063
To support the creation of 360 degree panoramic images along the Quinnipiac River and its passive recreation trails which will be viewable in an interactive Google maps 3D GIS whole earth model with newly created geolocated panoramic orbs.
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $5,000
North Guilford Studios, Inc.
Contact Information
Nicholas Berkun
nberkun@ngs-inc.org
www.ngs-inc.org
CATEGORY
- Research (124)
- Pollution (105)
- Contamination (98)
- Public Education (95)
- quinnipiac river (72)
- Conservation (62)
- Public Access (48)
- (-) Environmental Advocacy (45)
- (-) Habitat (40)
- Recreation (34)
- Wildlife (33)
- Remediation (32)
- (-) Maps (24)
- Workshop (17)
- grants (9)
- Kayak (5)
- yale (4)
- Conference (3)
- Canoe (3)
- Quinnipiac River Race (1)
GRANTEE
- university of new haven, dept. of biology and environmental science (12)
- quinnipiac river watershed association (8)
- yale university grant and contract administration (7)
- yale school of forestry/environmental studies (6)
- catalyst studios, inc. (5)
- river advocates of south central ct (4)
- elm city parks conservancy (3)
- national marine fisheries service (3)
- new haven land trust, inc (3)
- yale university - grant and contract administration (3)
- connecticut coalition for environmental justice (2)
- ct dept. of agriculture/aquaculture division (2)
- long island soundkeeper fund, inc. (2)
- quinnipiac university (2)
- rex development (formerly known as south central ct regional econ. develop. corp) (2)
- schooner, inc (2)
- univ. of connecticut, coop. extension system (2)
- university of connecticut dept. of ecology (2)
- university of new haven (2)
- university of new haven, department of biology & environmental science (2)
- audubon connecticut (1)
- cold spring school (1)
- connecticut urban legal initiative, inc. (1)
- fair haven housing initiative/grand news (1)
- gather new haven (1)
- land use leadership alliance (lula) (1)
- mill river watershed association of south central connecticut inc. (1)
- n h urban resources init. (1)
- new haven county soil & water conservation di (1)
- north guilford studios, inc. (1)
- north haven trail association (1)
- quinnipiac river linear trail advisory committee (1)
- quinnipiac river watershed partnership (1)
- river advocates of south central connecticut (1)
- southern connecticut state university (1)
- the new haven land trust, inc. (1)
- the watershed partnership, inc. (1)
- trout unlimited: eastern water project (1)
- univ. of connectict, dept. of ecology & evol. (1)
- university of connecticut foundation (1)
- yale school of forestry & environmental studies (1)
- yale university (1)