Projects
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
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Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesSCCT.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
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Ms. 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
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Sharon Lewis
sharonelewis2001@aol.com
www.environmental-justice.org
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: 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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Grant Number: 20030657
To offer a short course in river processes to local environmental activist 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 activities. Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2003 | Amount: $10,000
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
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Grant Number: 20050337
To support a graduate student that will work with the PI and others (e.g. at the RGP) to maintain the QRW (Quinniipiac River Watershed) GIS(Georgraphic Information System) and the related website and to conduct GIS based analyses that focus on the lower river and its surroundings.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $17,500
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
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Grant Number: 20070062
Funds are requested to support continued efforts to develop and aopt an inter-municipal tax revenue sharing agreement and shared land use plan among the reigion's five municipalities bordering the Quinnipiac River. Related activities under this project will include assessments on key properties along the river, community outreach, and planning for a new canoe launch site in North Haven.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $500
Rex Development (formerly known as South Central CT Regional Econ. Develop. Corp)
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Grant Number: 20080167
Funds are requested to collect water quality data to study the ecology of the Quinnipiac River and the New Haven Harbor and provider public education about the river.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $7,160
Schooner, Inc
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