Projects
Grant Number: 20264531
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront.
Year Issued: 2026 | Amount: $20,000
New Haven Community Boating (formerly Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.)
Contact Information
Susan Lane
susan.lane@ppsne.org
www.canaldock.org
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: 20241215
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront.
Year Issued: 2024 | Amount: $20,000
Canal Dock Boathouse
Contact Information
Hollis Martens
hollis@canaldock.org
https://www.canaldock.org/
Reports:
20241215 CANAL BOATHOUSE.pdf
Grant Number: 20231329
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront.
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000
Canal Dock Boathouse
Contact Information
Hollis Martens
hollis@canaldock.org
https://www.canaldock.org/
Reports:
CanalDockBoathouse_20231329.pdf
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: 20201264
to support the study of the prevalence of the ulvoid bloom in the New Haven Harbor.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $9,675
University of New Haven
Contact Information
Amy Carlile
acarlile@newhaven.edu
https://www.newhaven.edu/
Grant Number: 20201263
to support cleaning logs and debris from a blocked access for boats in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $3,650
Southwest Conservation District
Contact Information
Chris S. Sullivan
CSullivan@conservect.org
https://conservect.org/southwest/
Grant Number: 20190129
To support staffing for programs including boating event rentals, club boating programs, and vendor-operated rentals of kayaks and paddle boards on the New Haven Harbor and on the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $16,800
Canal Dock Boathouse
Contact Information
John Pescatore
jpescatore11@gmail.com
www.canaldock.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
CATEGORY
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- 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 (4)
- canal dock boathouse (3)
- north haven trail association (3)
- university of new haven, dept. of biology and environmental science (3)
- connecticut northeast organic farmers organization (2)
- southwest conservation district (2)
- connecticut coalition for environmental justice (1)
- connstep (1)
- elm city parks conservancy (1)
- friends of the linear trail, inc. (1)
- land use leadership alliance (lula) (1)
- new haven community boating (formerly canal dock boathouse, inc.) (1)
- northeast organic farming association of connecticut, inc. (1)
- rex development (formerly known as south central ct regional econ. develop. corp) (1)
- river advocates of south central ct (1)
- schooner, inc (1)
- south central ct regional econ. develop. corp (1)
- the new haven land trust, inc. (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 school of forestry/environmental studies (1)
- yale university grant and contract administration (1)