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: 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
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Vincent Breslin
Breslinv1@southernct.edu
www.southernct.edu
Grant Number: 20180208
To support a half day Quinnipiac Update conference; improvements to public access to the Little River, a Quinnipiac tributary, at Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven; education of phosphorus control; and promotion of pollution and diversion permit participation.
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $20,000
River Advocates of South Central Connecticut
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesscct.org
Grant Number: 20160129
To support, as a first priority, monitoring of pollution and diversion permits, and only then Lunch and Learn sessions for municipal department of public works crews in the lower Quinnipiac watershed for best practices in stormwater pollution prevention; enforcement of public access at an abandoned, neglected Quinnipiac River site at Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven and education of phosphorus control.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $20,000
River Advocates of South Central Connecticut
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
Grant Number: 20150149
to support training 3 municipal department of public works crews in stormwater pollution prevention using Lunch and Learn sessions and to support investigating the lower Quinnipiac River public access potential at two locations: Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven and behind Toelles Road businesses in Wallingford, adjacent to Quinnipiac River State Park. Mill River Watershed Association of South Central Connecticut, Inc. is acting as the fiscal sponsor.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $5,000
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
Grant Number: 20140147
to support increasing capacity of the organization, sponsoring public events to focus attention on the lower Quinnipiac and urban rivers of Greater New Haven, and implementing certain recommendations from the Urban River Permits Project to reduce polluted runoff.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $20,000
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
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Martin Mador
martin.mador@aya.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20060116
To support the creation and development of the Organic Land and Turf Handbook for school, municipal, and commercial groundskeepsers to manage lawns and turf without the use synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
Year Issued: 2006 | Amount: $14,000
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Organization
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Grant Number: 20070054
Funds are requested to support implementation of informational and educational efforts and activities advocating for pesticide use reduction. These efforts will focus on the 80 property owners whose properties abut the Quinnipiac River in Plainville, CT. The activities will include 2 river clean-ups, coordination of a fishing derby, Earth Day Extravaganza, promotion and advocacy of Freedom Lawn Initiative, and a Tomasso Nature Park clean-up. (see grant notes)
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $2,000
Farmington River Watershed Association, Inc.
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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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Grant Number: 20080176
Funds are requested to support the implementation of an intensive workshops to teach 100 Connecticut school groundskeepers how to mamnage fields without the use of harmful pesticides.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $6,530
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Organization
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