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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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 (7)
- university of new haven, dept. of biology and environmental science (7)
- catalyst studios, inc. (5)
- connecticut coalition for environmental justice (5)
- yale school of forestry/environmental studies (5)
- yale university grant and contract administration (5)
- national marine fisheries service (4)
- river advocates of south central ct (4)
- canal dock boathouse (3)
- audubon connecticut (2)
- connecticut agricultural experiment station (2)
- ct dept. of agriculture/aquaculture division (2)
- elm city parks conservancy (2)
- long island soundkeeper fund, inc. (2)
- new haven land trust, inc (2)
- schooner, inc (2)
- univ. of connecticut, coop. extension system (2)
- university of new haven, department of biology & environmental science (2)
- yale university (2)
- cold spring school (1)
- connecticut urban legal initiative, inc. (1)
- fair haven housing initiative/grand news (1)
- land use leadership alliance (lula) (1)
- mill river watershed association of south central connecticut inc. (1)
- n h urban resources init. (1)
- new haven community boating (formerly canal dock boathouse, inc.) (1)
- new haven land trust, inc. (1)
- quinnipiac river watershed partnership (1)
- quinnipiac university (1)
- rex development (formerly known as south central ct regional econ. develop. corp) (1)
- river advocates of south central connecticut (1)
- southern connecticut state university (1)
- southwest conservation district (1)
- the watershed partnership, inc. (1)
- trout unlimited: eastern water project (1)
- urban resources initiative (1)