Projects
Grant Number: 20264523
to support the study of bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Asian clams (Corbicula fluminea) collected from segments of the Quinnipiac River influenced by municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent discharges.
Year Issued: 2026 | Amount: $18,454
Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc.
Contact Information
Vincent Breslin
breslinv1@southernct.edu
www.southernct.edu
Grant Number: 20264522
to support the study of edema in amphibians in the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2026 | Amount: $19,494
Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc.
Contact Information
Steven Brady
bradys4@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: 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: 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: 20140009
to support outreach, education and advocacy of the current school lawn pesticide ban and activities associated with the expansion of the ban to include all Connecticut parks, playgrounds, municipal playing fields and town greens, as well as the enhancement of the organization's website.
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $20,000
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
Contact Information
Jerry Silbert
WaterPartnership@SBCglobal.net
www.WatershedPartnership.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
Grant Number: 20120062
To support the Safe Grounds Campaign to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of toxic lawn pesticides in the Quinnipiac River watershed and throughout Connecticut.
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $20,000
The Watershed Partnership, Inc.
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Grant Number: 20030656
To test various water quality parameters and assess the condition of the Hemingway Creek, a tributary of the Quinnipiac River which borders one of our preserves.
Year Issued: 2003 | Amount: $5,000
New Haven Land Trust, Inc
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Grant Number: 20040384
To fund the protection of the Heminway Creek, a tributary of the Quinnipiac River through the purchase of wetlands.
Year Issued: 2004 | Amount: $12,300
New Haven Land Trust, Inc
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