Projects
Grant Number: 20190131
To support a Public Works Department pilot program to retrofit hooded outlet protection on ten existing stormwater catch basins that are in stormwater systems that outlet to the Quinnipiac River or one of its tributaries.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $3,000
City of Meriden
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Emile Pierides
epierides@meridenct.gov
www.meridenct.gov/government/departments/public-works/
Grant Number: 20160135
To support the purchase of additional benches along Phase III of the trail which will add 1.25 miles to Fireworks Island as well as graphic art designs for the informational sign to showcase history, natural history, and location information.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $5,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
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Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.town.wallingford.ct.us/Content/Quinnipiac_River_Linear_Trail_Advisory_Committee.asp
Grant Number: 20140148
to support the costs of an informational kiosk for Fireworks Island which is included in Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Wallingford.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $2,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
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Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.qRiverTrail.org
Grant Number: 20120106
To support signage which will include a trail map and information about the natural history and historical aspects of the area for the Phase III section of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail which will extend 1.25 miles northward from the current terminus of the Trail at the Wilbur Cross Parkway underpass.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $3,500
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
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Grant Number: 20040390
To measure contamination along the Quinnipiac River and in oysters of the New Haven Harbor and evaluate the extent of mercury pollution and identify sources and hotspots.
Year Issued: 2004 | Amount: $7,500
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20040385
To support a short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials that will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems and how they are perturbed by human activities.
Year Issued: 2004 | Amount: $7,390
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20050347
To support investigation of the various stresses that may be contributing to the extensive loss of vegetation in the Quinnipiac tidal marshes and begin to gather data on the relative importance of sub-surface compaction, decompositon in causing elevation loss in this ecosystem.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $12,000
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20050346
To offer a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmrntal activists. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream exosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities. Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environemntal data on the Q River.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $7,500
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20050336
To support the measurement of methyl mercury contamination in the Quinnipiac River and the Oysters in New Haven Harbor. The study will evaluate the extent of methylmercury pollution and help to identify sources and hotspots.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $14,500
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20060119
To support the measurement of methyl mercury in the Quinnipiac River and the New Haven Harbor. The work will also provide direct information on safety of local finfish and shellfish.
Year Issued: 2006 | Amount: $14,000
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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