Conservation

Informational signage, and educational programs and printed materials about North Haven's Tidal Marsh Trail

Organization: 
North Haven Trail Association
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To support informational signage, as well as educational programs and printed materials about North Haven's Tidal Marsh Trail.

Educational programming and volunteer events at the Quinnipiac Meadows and Long Wharf Nature Preserves

Organization: 
New Haven Land Trust, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Amount: 
16 000.00
Description: 
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.

Purchase a 20.8 acres addition to Quinnipiac River State Park

Organization: 
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Date Issued: 
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Amount: 
13 000.00
Description: 
to support the purchase of a a 20.8 acres addition to Quinnipiac River State Park in North Haven.

Study of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
13 500.00
Description: 
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.

Benches and enhancements to informational signage along Phase III of the trail

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
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.

Educational programming at Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve and Long Wharf Nature Preserve

Organization: 
New Haven Land Trust, Inc
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
15 000.00
Description: 
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.

Stormwater pollution prevention training

Organization: 
River Advocates of Greater New Haven, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
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.

Monitoring of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
12 300.00
Description: 
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

Measurements of changes in the Quinnipiac marshes

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
11 355.00
Description: 
to support measurements of sediment accretion, elevation change, water level, salinity, and belowground production in the Quinnipiac marshes.

An Urban Wildlife Refuge in Fair Haven: Community-based land stewardship to benefit wildlife and waterways

Organization: 
Urban Resources Initiative
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
12 000.00
Description: 
to support An Urban Wildlife Refuge in Fair Haven: Community-based land stewardship to benefit wildlife and waterways project in partnership with Audubon Connecticut, community greenspace groups and the local business community.

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