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: 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: 20211287
to support reclaiming a floodplain habitat of Wharton Brook from invasive plant species, in partnership with a science class at Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford.
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $3,000
Southwest Conservation District
Contact Information
Chris S. Sullivan
CSullivan@conservect.org
https://conservect.org/southwest/
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: 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
Grant Number: 20150152
to support the improvement of public access to the Quinnipiac River by clearing, cleaning up, and maintaining the Blue Trail along the river's west bank in the Quinnipiac River State Park.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,000
North Haven Trail Association
Contact Information
Mr. Steve Fontana
safontana@aol.com
www.northhaventrails.org
Grant Number: 20150153
to support the Be the Solution to Pollution project which raises awareness of how pollution threatens the health of humans, animals, and the environment along the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $13,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Contact Information
Ms. Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20140009
to support outreach, education and advocacy of the current school lawn pesticide ban and activities associated with the expansion of the ban to include all Connecticut parks, playgrounds, municipal playing fields and town greens, as well as the enhancement of the organization's website.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $20,000
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
Contact Information
Jerry Silbert
WaterPartnership@SBCglobal.net
www.WatershedPartnership.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
- quinnipiac river watershed association (12)
- university of new haven, dept. of biology and environmental science (12)
- yale university grant and contract administration (6)
- catalyst studios, inc. (5)
- north haven trail association (4)
- river advocates of south central ct (4)
- yale school of forestry/environmental studies (4)
- elm city parks conservancy (3)
- schooner, inc (3)
- connecticut coalition for environmental justice (2)
- connecticut northeast organic farmers organization (2)
- land use leadership alliance (lula) (2)
- long island soundkeeper fund, inc. (2)
- new haven land trust, inc (2)
- rex development (formerly known as south central ct regional econ. develop. corp) (2)
- univ. of connecticut, coop. extension system (2)
- connecticut urban legal initiative, inc. (1)
- connstep (1)
- ct dept. of agriculture/aquaculture division (1)
- fair haven housing initiative/grand news (1)
- friends of the linear trail, 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 county soil & water conservation di (1)
- north guilford studios, inc. (1)
- northeast organic farming association of connecticut, inc. (1)
- quinnipiac river linear trail advisory committee (1)
- quinnipiac river watershed partnership (1)
- river advocates of south central connecticut (1)
- south central ct regional econ. develop. corp (1)
- southwest conservation district (1)
- the new haven land trust, inc. (1)
- the watershed partnership, inc. (1)
- trout unlimited: eastern water project (1)
- uconn-department of marine science (1)
- university of connecticut dept. of ecology (1)
- university of connecticut, college of agriculture and natural resources (1)
- university of connecticut, department of marine science (1)
- university of connecticut, dept. of chemistry (1)
- university of new haven (1)
- watershed partnership, inc (1)
- yale university (1)