Projects
Grant Number: 20160132  
To support the study of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes, and for a wildlife-exclusion experiment to test the hypothesis that herbivory is preventing vegetation from recolonizing mudflat areas.  
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $13,500 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld 
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu 
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20160156  
To support the study of  benthic algae to detect seasonal variation in species composition, as well as testing copper content in situ algal samples and conducting mesocosm copper uptake experiments to test the bioremediation potential of various algal species. 
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $12,000 
        University of New Haven  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Amy Carlile 
acarlile@newhaven.edu 
www.newhaven.edu
Grant Number: 20160157  
To support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to determine whether endocrine disruptors are present and then trace their source. 
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $11,500 
        University of New Haven  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Melanie Eldridge 
meldridge@newhaven.edu 
www.newhaven.edu
Grant Number: 20160129  
To support, as a first priority, monitoring of pollution and diversion permits, and only then Lunch and Learn sessions for municipal department of public works crews in the lower Quinnipiac watershed for best practices in stormwater pollution prevention; enforcement of public access at an abandoned, neglected Quinnipiac River site at Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven and education of phosphorus control.
 
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $20,000 
        River Advocates of South Central Connecticut  
  
  Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky 
marymushinsky@att.net 
Grant Number: 20160130  
To support the study of  plasticizers and other chemical pollutants from industrial point sources in Wallingford and North Haven with an emphasis on the pollutant's impact to indigenous fish populations in the Quinnipiac River. 
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $24,000 
        Quinnipiac University  
  
  Contact Information
Harry Pylypiw 
Harry.Pylypiw@quinnipiac.edu 
www.quinnipiac.edu
Grant Number: 20160135  
To support the purchase of additional benches along Phase III of the trail which will add 1.25 miles to Fireworks Island as well as graphic art designs for the informational sign to showcase history, natural history, and location information.  
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $5,000 
        Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee   
  
  Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky 
marymushinsky@att.net 
www.town.wallingford.ct.us/Content/Quinnipiac_River_Linear_Trail_Advisory_Committee.asp
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: 20150149  
to support training 3 municipal department of public works crews in stormwater pollution prevention using Lunch and Learn sessions and to support investigating the lower Quinnipiac River public access potential at two locations: Lowe's on Route 80 in New Haven and behind Toelles Road businesses in Wallingford, adjacent to Quinnipiac River State Park.  Mill River Watershed Association of South Central Connecticut, Inc. is acting as the fiscal sponsor. 
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $5,000 
        River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Mary Mushinsky 
marymushinsky@att.net 
Grant Number: 20150148  
to support continued monitoring of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes, and to support a marsh organ experiment to assess whether soil toxicity is contributing to marsh submergence
 
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $12,300 
        Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld 
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu 
http://environment.yale.edu/profile/anisfeld/multimedia
Grant Number: 20150151  
to support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to determine whether endocrine disruptors are present and then to trace their source. 
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $11,000 
        University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Melanie Eldridge 
meldridge@newhaven.edu 
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/

 
 

 
 






