Projects
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/
Grant Number: 20251473  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront. 
Year Issued: 2025 | Amount: $20,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse  
  
  Contact Information
Susan Lane 
susan.lane@ppsne.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
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/
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/
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/
Grant Number: 20231326  
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: 2023 | Amount: $16,500 
        River Advocates of South Central CT  
  
  Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky 
marymushinsky@att.net 
https://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/
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: 20190130  
To support the recruitment and training of a permits observer corps to monitor local land use commissions and screen for testimony local land use permits, as well as assist in monitoring of state level permits affecting water quality. 
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $15,000 
        River Advocates of South Central CT  
  
  Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky 
marymushinsky@att.net 
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
 
 




