Projects
Grant Number: 20150148
to support continued monitoring of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes, and to support a marsh organ experiment to assess whether soil toxicity is contributing to marsh submergence
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $12,300
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
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Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
http://environment.yale.edu/profile/anisfeld/multimedia
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
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Ms. Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20140143
to support a community education course to train 20 New Haven residents about ways to reduce water pollution in the Quinnipiac River and its human health impacts, who will in turn educate 1000 additional residents in the community.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $15,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Contact Information
Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20130053
To provide general operating support for fostering awareness of environmental issues of the Quinnipiac River and promoting activities that safeguard the health of residents that use the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $7,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Contact Information
Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20120096
To support the education of fishers on safe consumption of fish from the Quinnipiac River and work with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to ensure fish signage is posted in the area in appropriate languages as well as support an exchange program where Quinnipiac River fishers can trade their lead weights for non-lead weights.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $2,000
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
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Grant Number: 961213
To measure the quantity of bioavailable toxic forms of dissolved heavy metals in the QR seasonally and during storm events.
Year Issued: 1996 | Amount: $5,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 961371
To establish a comprehensive multi- disciplinary watershed planning initiative to improve the quality of the environment in the QR Watershed.
Year Issued: 1996 | Amount: $10,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 20020634
To offer a 2-day short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical, and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activity. Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnpiac River.
Year Issued: 2002 | Amount: $10,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 20020633
To continue monitoring vegetation change and mudflat development in the Quinnipiac River tidal marshes. In addition, to conduct field and lab work to begin to test hypothesized causes for the observed wetland loss and to assess how marsh loss has affected the load of pollutants (N,trace metals) to the river.
Year Issued: 2002 | Amount: $14,500
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 20020629
To work with selected leaders from Quinnipiac River Watershed communities to improve the land use decision-making process and control non-point source pollution. The proposed program is for a 4-day workshop, emphasizing the regulatory power to make wise land use decisions, and presenting collaborative decision making techniques.
Year Issued: 2002 | Amount: $3,369
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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