Projects

Quinnipiac Urban River Stewardship project
Grant Number: 20110105
To support the Quinnipiac Urban River Stewardship project, which will install several river stewardship signs in prominent locations to promote human links to this urban river and foster stewardship of the shared resource, as recommended in the watershed management plan for a similar urban river, the North Branch of the Park River in Hartford/Bloomfield.
Year Issued: 2011 | Amount: $16,000
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Reports: Final report Quinnipiac River Watershed 20110105.pdf
New Haven Harbor Data Project
Grant Number: 20110137
To support the New Haven Harbor Data Project which will create and maintain an online catalog of data about New Haven Harbor and will be accessible on Schooner's website.
Year Issued: 2011 | Amount: $5,000
Schooner, Inc
Homeowner workshops on organic land care
Grant Number: 20100144
To support homeowner workshops and outreach and to initiate data analysis and focus group research to design a program to best serve homeowners who want organic land care for their properties.
Year Issued: 2010 | Amount: $5,000
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, Inc.
Friends of the Quinnipiac Project
Grant Number: 20090106
To support The Friends of the Quinnipiac Project which will remedy the effects of poor land use practiced by managers and owners of riparian properties through outreach, education, training, public recognition and technical assistance. 
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $15,000
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Residential organic landscaping workshops and website enhancements
Grant Number: 20090103
To support residential organic landscaping workshops and website enhancements to better serve homeowners of the Quinnipiac River watershed in protecting their health and the environment.  
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $9,000
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Organization
Landowners Education
Grant Number: 20080177
Funds are requested to support the implementation of landowner and youh education about reducing non-point pollution.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $20,000
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
General Operating expenses
Grant Number: 20080169
Funds are requested to design and order letterhead, envelopes, postcards, postage and produce mapping for the trail.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $5,000
North Haven Trail Association
Organic Land Care Program
Grant Number: 20080176
Funds are requested to support the implementation of an intensive workshops to teach 100 Connecticut school groundskeepers how to mamnage fields without the use of harmful pesticides.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $6,530
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Organization
Reports: 20080176 CT NOFA.pdf
River Processes Short Course
Grant Number: 20070055
Funds are requested to support the offering of a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmental activists. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical, and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities. Participants will recieve the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $8,064
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Inter-Revenue Municipal Shared Land Use
Grant Number: 20070062
Funds are requested to support continued efforts to develop and aopt an inter-municipal tax revenue sharing agreement and shared land use plan among the reigion's five municipalities bordering the Quinnipiac River. Related activities under this project will include assessments on key properties along the river, community outreach, and planning for a new canoe launch site in North Haven.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $500
Rex Development (formerly known as South Central CT Regional Econ. Develop. Corp)