Projects
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: 20170076
To support educational programming and volunteer events at the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves and as well as to support the process of acquiring land adjacent to Quinnipiac Meadows.
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $16,000
New Haven Land Trust, Inc.
Contact Information
Justin Elicker
justin.elicker@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.org
Grant Number: 20160135
To support the purchase of additional benches along Phase III of the trail which will add 1.25 miles to Fireworks Island as well as graphic art designs for the informational sign to showcase history, natural history, and location information.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $5,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.town.wallingford.ct.us/Content/Quinnipiac_River_Linear_Trail_Advisory_Committee.asp
Grant Number: 20160131
To support educational programming, improving trail and sign infrastructure, and organizing volunteer events at Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve and Long Wharf Nature Preserve as well as land acquisition work at Quinnipiac Meadows Nature Preserve.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $15,000
New Haven Land Trust, Inc
Contact Information
Justin Elicker
justin.elicker@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.org
Grant Number: 20150151
to support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to determine whether endocrine disruptors are present and then to trace their source.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $11,000
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Contact Information
Dr. Melanie Eldridge
meldridge@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20150147
to support the study of the biodiversity of benthic algal communities and the potential for copper contamination in communities throughout the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,000
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Contact Information
Dr. Amy Carlile
acarlile@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20150082
to support the study of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wild fish within the freshwater regions of the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,600
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Contact Information
Dr. John Kelly
jkelly@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20150080
to support educational programming, installing educational signs, organizing volunteer events and beginning research into potential acquisition of land surrounding the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,000
New Haven Land Trust, Inc.
Contact Information
Mr. Justin Elicker
justin.elicker@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.org
Grant Number: 20140148
to support the costs of an informational kiosk for Fireworks Island which is included in Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Wallingford.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $2,000
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.qRiverTrail.org
Grant Number: 20140149
to support a series of educational programs related to the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve, which is a significant means of public access to the river in New Haven as well as an example of riparian habitats such as tidal wetlands, coastal forest and coastal grasslands.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $6,500
New Haven Land Trust Inc
Contact Information
Justin Elicker
justin.elicker@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.org