Projects
Grant Number: 20060119
To support the measurement of methyl mercury in the Quinnipiac River and the New Haven Harbor. The work will also provide direct information on safety of local finfish and shellfish.
Year Issued: 2006 | Amount: $14,000
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20060112
To support the implementation of a short course in river processes for environmental activists and decision-makers.
Year Issued: 2006 | Amount: $7,744
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20060115
To support the salaries for two part-time Student Conservation Assocation interns who will work on improvement of water quality through community outreach.
Year Issued: 2006 | Amount: $4,000
Elm City Parks Conservancy
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Grant Number: 20070060
Funds are requested to conduct mercury contamination research at Wharton Brook in Quinnipiac River system. Research activities include measuring mercury in water, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish along the length of thw Wharton Brook and its tributaries.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $18,446
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20070056
Funds are requested to support the continuation of measuring elevation change and water levels in the Quinnipiac River marshes in efforts to understand the rate and causes of marsh drowning (conversion to mudflat) that has been observed there.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $14,294
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20070055
Funds are requested to support the offering of a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmental activists. 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 recieve the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2007 | Amount: $8,064
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20080171
Funds are requested to support the evaluation for feasibility of re-use of the New Haven landfill, pollution, access, energy, and sustainable.
Year Issued: 2008 | Amount: $6,200
Elm City Parks Conservancy
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To support the measurement of copper concentration and bioavailability throughout the Quinnipiac River system and its tributaries.
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $12,000
Yale University - Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20090114
To support investigations into the causes and implications of marsh drowning in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $8,000
Yale University - Grant and Contract Administration
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Grant Number: 20090112
To support the work of filling in the voids in the Rip-Rap at the edge of the river in Quinnipiac Park with crushed shells to reduce erosion.
Year Issued: 2009 | Amount: $7,800
Elm City Parks Conservancy
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