Projects

to support the continuation of investigating the compliance history and indirect discharges of publically owned treatment works on the Quinnipiac River.

to support a community education course to train 20 New Haven residents about ways to reduce water pollution in the Quinnipiac River and its human health impacts, who will in turn educate 1000 additional residents in the community.

To involve inner-city youth in learning how they are connected to their aquatic and marine environment.

To establish a site or home page on the World Wide Web to disseminate information regarding the QR and New Haven Harbor ecosystems.

Continued development of the GIS for the Quinnipiac River Watershed.

To measure the quantity of bioavailable toxic forms of dissolved heavy metals in the QR seasonally and during storm events.

To establish a comprehensive multi- disciplinary watershed planning initiative to improve the quality of the environment in the QR Watershed.

To establish an individual as the primary point person to be an advocate for clean water and to address local pollution problems using Soundkeeper.

To involve young people from Quinnipiac Terrace in Fair Haven in educational and recreational activities on the Quinnipiac River.

To conduct restoration of its 9.4 acre parcel along the Quinnipiac River to remove rubble and debris degrading tidal wetland on the parcel.