Projects

Quinnipiac River Education and Access Program (QREAP)
Grant Number: 20090108
To support the Quinnipiac River Education and Access Program (QREAP) which brings increased public access and ecological research activities to both the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargegorge and Quinnipiac Ridge Preserves. 
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $5,000
New Haven Land Trust, Inc
Four day training program for local land use leaders
Grant Number: 20090105
To support a four day training program for local land use leaders to educate them on the scope of their jurisdiction, the flexibility they have under the law, tools for natural resource and watershed protection and collaborative techniques including consensus building, facilitated decision-making, community participation and effective meeting management.  
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $15,000
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA)
Consider the Quinnipiac photo-based advocacy campaign and grand opening event
Grant Number: 20090111
To support exhibit enhancements and the production of a grand opening at New Haven City Hall for the Consider the Quinnipiac Campaign photo-based advocacy campaign.  
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $17,600
Catalyst Studios, Inc.
Contact Information
www.considerthequinnipiac.com
BioDiversity Index
Grant Number: 20080167
Funds are requested to collect water quality data to study the ecology of the Quinnipiac River and the New Haven Harbor and provider public education about the river.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $7,160
Schooner, Inc
Quinnipiac River stories
Grant Number: 20080172
Funds are requested to support the publishing of six in-depth stories including 240 photographs about the Quinnipiac River and its surrounding environment.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $3,000
Fair Haven Housing Initiative/Grand News
Aerial photography for Consider the Quinnipiac photo-based awareness campaign
Grant Number: 20080287
Additional funding is requested to cover the cost for aerial shots for the "Consider the Quinnipiac" Campaign. Aerial photographs would provide documentation access to areas not readily seen from land level.  (See grant 20070065)
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $1,000
Catalyst Studios, Inc.
Consider the Quinnipiac photo exhibit
Grant Number: 20080286
Additional funding is requested to support addtions and enhancements of the "Consider the Quinipiac" Campaign. Enhancements will include the photo exhibit, grand opening, expansion of photo documentation time, and photo stories.  (see grant 20070065)
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $2,500
Catalyst Studios, Inc.
Elevation Change & Toxic Organics in the Quinnipiac Tidal Marshes
Grant Number: 20070056
Funds are requested to support the continuation of measuring elevation change and water levels in the Quinnipiac River marshes in efforts to understand the rate and causes  of marsh drowning (conversion to mudflat) that has been observed there.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $14,294
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)
Quinnipiac Watershed Stream Buffer Initiative (Phase II)
Grant Number: 20070064
Funds are requested to support organization and implementation of outreach and advocacy for the Quinnipiac Watershed Stream Buffer Initiative (Phase II) and regular grassroots events.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $16,500
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association