Projects
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
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
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
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
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
Grant Number: 20050347
To support investigation of the various stresses that may be contributing to the extensive loss of vegetation in the Quinnipiac tidal marshes and begin to gather data on the relative importance of sub-surface compaction, decompositon in causing elevation loss in this ecosystem.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $12,000
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Grant Number: 20050346
To offer a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmrntal activists. The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream exosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities. Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environemntal data on the Q River.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $7,500
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Grant Number: 20050336
To support the measurement of methyl mercury contamination in the Quinnipiac River and the Oysters in New Haven Harbor. The study will evaluate the extent of methylmercury pollution and help to identify sources and hotspots.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $14,500
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Grant Number: 20050350
To support funding for two aspects of the Quinnipiac River Conservation and Development corridor Project. RPG will develop an inter-municipal agreement between the three lower river communities that will include land-use guidelines and a tax sharing agreement.
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $8,000
South Central CT Regional Econ. Develop. Corp
Grant Number: 20040390
To measure contamination along the Quinnipiac River and in oysters of the New Haven Harbor and evaluate the extent of mercury pollution and identify sources and hotspots.
Year Issued: 2004 | Amount: $7,500
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
CATEGORY
GRANTEE
- university of new haven (23)
- quinnipiac river watershed association (22)
- quinnipiac university (20)
- yale school of forestry/environmental studies (20)
- yale university (19)
- university of new haven, dept. of biology and environmental science (16)
- (-) yale university grant and contract administration (15)
- elm city parks conservancy (7)
- new haven land trust, inc (7)
- north haven trail association (7)
- river advocates of south central ct (7)
- watershed partnership, inc (7)
- connecticut coalition for environmental justice (6)
- canal dock boathouse (5)
- catalyst studios, inc. (5)
- land use leadership alliance (lula) (5)
- quinnipiac river linear trail advisory committee (5)
- southwest conservation district (5)
- yale university - grant and contract administration (5)
- canal dock boathouse, inc. (4)
- gather new haven (4)
- long island soundkeeper fund, inc. (4)
- national marine fisheries service (4)
- university of connecticut, dept. of chemistry (4)
- connecticut northeast organic farmers organization (3)
- friends of the linear trail, inc. (3)
- quinnipiac river watershed partnership (3)
- rex development (formerly known as south central ct regional econ. develop. corp) (3)
- river advocates of south central connecticut (3)
- schooner, inc (3)
- univ. of connecticut, coop. extension system (3)
- university of new haven, department of biology & environmental science (3)
- audubon connecticut (2)
- connecticut agricultural experiment station (2)
- connecticut urban legal initiative, inc. (2)
- ct dept. of agriculture/aquaculture division (2)
- new haven land trust (2)
- new haven land trust, inc. (2)
- northeast organic farming association of connecticut, inc. (2)
- river advocates of greater new haven, inc. (2)
- southern connecticut state university (2)
- southern connecticut state university foundation inc. (2)
- southwest conservation district, inc. (2)
- the watershed partnership, inc. (2)
- university of connecticut dept. of ecology (2)
- art25 (1)
- city of meriden (1)
- cold spring school (1)
- connecticut audubon society (1)
- connecticut department of energy and environmental protection (1)
- connstep (1)
- department of parks, recreation, and trees (1)
- fair haven housing initiative/grand news (1)
- farmington river watershed association, inc. (1)
- historic quinnipiac street group (1)
- land use leadership alliance (1)
- mill river watershed association of south central connecticut inc. (1)
- n h urban resources init. (1)
- new haven board of park commissioners (1)
- new haven community boating (formerly canal dock boathouse, inc.) (1)
- new haven county soil & water conservation di (1)
- new haven land trust inc (1)
- new haven urban resources initiative (1)
- north guilford studios, inc. (1)
- quinnipiac river community group (1)
- (-) regional growth partnership (1)
- river advocates of south central connecticut inc. (1)
- schooner, inc. (1)
- solar youth (1)
- (-) south central ct regional econ. develop. corp (1)
- southern connecticut state university foundation (1)
- the new haven land trust, inc. (1)
- trout unlimited: eastern water project (1)
- uconn-department of marine science (1)
- univ of connecticut, coop. extension system (1)
- univ. of connectict, dept. of ecology & evol. (1)
- university of connecticut (1)
- university of connecticut foundation (1)
- university of connecticut, college of agriculture and natural resources (1)
- university of connecticut, department of marine science (1)
- university of connecticut’s energy & environmental law practice clinic (1)
- university of ct/institute of water resources (1)
- urban resources initiative (1)
- yale school of forestry (1)
- yale school of forestry & environmental studies (1)
