Projects
Grant Number: 20201261
to support monitoring, identifying and quantifying known pollutants from industrial outflows along the Quinnipiac River, specifically industrial areas in Wallingford and North Haven.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $20,000
Quinnipiac University
Contact Information
Courtney McGinnis
Courtney.mcginnis@quinnipiac.edu
https://www.qu.edu/
Grant Number: 20201260
to support the protection and care of the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves, as well as to support efforts increase outreach programming, volunteer events and Schooner programs and to design and implement a Preserves Intern training program.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $15,000
Gather New Haven
Contact Information
Brent Peterkin
brent@gathernewhaven.org
https://gathernewhaven.org/
Grant Number: 20201259
to support boating activities on the New Haven Harbor and on the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers including after-school boating programs for New Haven high school students, dragon boat competitions for adults and community boating events for adults.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $15,000
Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.
Contact Information
Hollis Martens
hollis@canaldock.org
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20190124
to support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support measurement of soil salinity and vegetation cover in marsh-bordering areas at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20190123
To support the measurement of mercury in bottom sediments and in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River watershed to determine where it exceeds safety thresholds.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $17,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20190125
To support the sampling of cyanobacterial communities in the Quinnipiac River in order to identify and monitor known bloom-forming species that may also produce toxins.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $17,300
University of New Haven
Contact Information
Dr. Amy Carlile
acarlile@newhaven.edu
www.newhaven.edu
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: 20190130
To support the recruitment and training of a permits observer corps to monitor local land use commissions and screen for testimony local land use permits, as well as assist in monitoring of state level permits affecting water quality.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $15,000
River Advocates of South Central CT
Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky
marymushinsky@att.net
www.riveradvocatesscct.org
Grant Number: 20191534
To support monitoring, identifying and quantifying known pollutants from industrial outflows along the Quinnipiac River, specifically industrial areas in Wallingford and North Haven.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $17,000
Quinnipiac University
Contact Information
Dr. Courtney McGinnis
courtney.mcginnis@quinnipiac.edu
www.qu.edu
Grant Number: 20190128
To support the protection and care of the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves, as well as to support efforts to acquire additional preserve property and increase outreach programming, volunteer events, and Schooner programs that engage the local community with the Quinnipiac River and its surrounding environments.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $10,000
New Haven Land Trust
Contact Information
Gregg Davis
gregg.davis@newhavenlandtrust.org
www.newhavenlandtrust.org
