Projects

Public access on the lower Quinnipiac River, permit advocacy and bacteria monitoring
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
Public access on the lower Quinnipiac River, permit advocacy and bacteria monitoring
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
Coliform bacteria testing and permit advocacy
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
Reclaiming a floodplain habitat of Wharton Brook
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/
Reports: Southwest Conservation District Final Report 20211287.pdf
Coliform bacteria testing program and advocacy for state and local permits affecting water quality
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
Quinnipiac Impaired Waters Monitoring and Advocacy programming.
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/
Reports: River Advocates Final Report 20201262.pdf
Monitor the ecology of songbirds in the Quinnipiac River watershed
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
Educational programming and volunteer events at the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves
Grant Number: 20170076
To support educational programming and volunteer events at the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves and as well as to support the process of acquiring land adjacent to Quinnipiac Meadows.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $16,000
New Haven Land Trust, Inc.
Contact Information
Justin Elicker
justin.elicker@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.org
Reports: NHLT Q River Fund 2017 Final Report.pdf
Study of the biodiversity of benthic algal communities and the potential for copper contamination
Grant Number: 20150147
to support the study of the biodiversity of benthic algal communities and the potential for copper contamination in communities throughout the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,000
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Contact Information
Dr. Amy Carlile
acarlile@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Reports: QRF Final report form_20150147_final.pdf
Study of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wild fish
Grant Number: 20150082
to support the study of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wild fish within the freshwater regions of the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,600
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Contact Information
Dr. John Kelly
jkelly@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/