Projects
Grant Number: 20211284
to support the initiation of a Quinnipiac River watershed plan.
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $18,000
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA)
Contact Information
Jessica Bacher
jbacher@law.pace.edu
https://law.pace.edu/land-use-leadership-alliance-training-program
Grant Number: 20190127
To support an examination of the seasonal variation in the composition and quantity of microplastic particles from wastewater treatment facilities discharging treated wastewater into the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $16,000
Southern Connecticut State University
Contact Information
Vincent Breslin
Breslinv1@southernct.edu
www.southernct.edu
Grant Number: 20190128
To support the protection and care of the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves, as well as to support efforts to acquire additional preserve property and increase outreach programming, volunteer events, and Schooner programs that engage the local community with the Quinnipiac River and its surrounding environments.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $10,000
New Haven Land Trust
Contact Information
Gregg Davis
gregg.davis@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.org
Grant Number: 20190132
To support a summer employment program for New Haven youth that will engage participants and community members in reducing the pollution in the Quinnipiac by stormwater run-off through a storm drain stenciling art, data collection, education, and outreach program.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $4,500
ART25
Contact Information
JoAnn Moran
art25ct@gmail.com
www.art25.art
Grant Number: 20180209
To support expanding the trail network, conservation management plan, and educational programming of Quinnipiac Meadows Nature Preserve and expanding the Schooner Summer Camp programming.
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $15,000
New Haven Land Trust
Contact Information
Justin Elicker
justin.elicker@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.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
Contact Information
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: 20120099
To support a continuing study about assessing the extent and characteristics of macroalgal blooms in New Haven Harbor and the impacts such blooms have on benthic communities.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $10,500
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
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Grant Number: 20120102
To support a municipal regulation review of the Quinnipiac River watershed towns in order to collect and assess provisions that are protective of water quality and to support two one-half day workshops for land use commission members and staff in which the findings will be presented and recommendations will be discussed.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $12,000
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA)
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