Conservation

Course in River Processes

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
10 000.00
Description: 
To offer a 2-day short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials.  The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical, and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activity.  Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnpiac River.

Course evaluations were submitted by 17 of the 20 participants and were positive overall on factors including lectures, field trips, readings, problem sets, whether the course met students' expectations and whether students would recommend the course to others.

GIS Data Layers and Analyses

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
17 992.00
Description: 
For development of GIS data layers and analyses in support of conservation and sustainable development activities in the lower Quinnipiac River Watershed.

Spartina patens in contrast primarily occurs as small patches. All the patch types have highly complex shapes that may facilitate interaction among patches and among vegetation patches and the river and creek system in the marshes.

Quinnipiac River Park

Organization: 
Elm City Parks Conservancy
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
10 000.00
Description: 
To continue the work the Fair Haven community has done towards cleaning, maintaining and planning for an eco-sensitive Quinnipiac River Park.

Course on river processes

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
10 000.00
Description: 
To offer a short course in river processes to local environmental activist and municipal officials.  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 receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnipiac River.

Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership

Organization: 
Elm City Parks Conservancy
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
8 000.00
Description: 
To educate the community about the effects of pollution, to increase access to the Quinnipiac River, to empower the residents to right environmental wrongs and to enhance appreciation for parkland and its preservation.

Annual Monitoring

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
To support the annual monitoring, education, advocacy, public access and restoration activities as well as expanding grassroots organizing to continue with clean up activities in the Quinnipiac Rive Watershed Action Plan.

Highlights of QRWA's work over the past year includge grassroots organizing, education, advocacy and conservation. QRWA accomplished its objective of harnessing its largest ever pool of volunteers, local clubs, civic groups and businesses for restoration and outreach activities.

Hemingway Creek Wetland Protection

Organization: 
New Haven Land Trust, Inc
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
12 300.00
Description: 
To fund the protection of the Heminway Creek, a tributary of the Quinnipiac River through the purchase of wetlands.

Freedom Lawn Campaign

Organization: 
Watershed Partnership, Inc
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
23 000.00
Description: 
To support the work of the Freedom Lawn Campaign to educate users of 'traditional'  chemical lawn care about the harmful environmental and health effects of pesticides and fertilizers, and encourage a switch to organic lawn care methods that are safe for the natural environment and people.

The Partnership furthered its Safe Ground campaign, which included public education and legislative activity.

Quinnipiac River Watershed Association Action Plan

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
10 000.00
Description: 
To support the grassroots organization identified in the Quinnipac Watershed Action Plan and continue to organize volunteers toward implementaing the plan's actions.  To harness the combined efforts of a large pool of citizen volunteers, clubs, civic roups, shcools and businesses, which hav eparticipated at least one year in a QRWA river activity.  To use our conservation, recreation and education events and programs to increase our volunteer ranks.  To continue to train and guide these volunteers toward reducing the point source and nonpoint source pollution that enters our waterways.  These volunteers will educate landowners and builders whose activities have a direct impact on water quality and habitat health in tributaries and main rivers.

QRWA achieved some significant conservation victories, as well as continuing to push towards its long term goals. Highlights include grassroots organizing, education, advocacy and conservation.

Land Use Intermunicipal Agreement

Organization: 
Rex Development (formerly known as South Central CT Regional Econ. Develop. Corp)
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
8 000.00
Description: 
To support the development and adoption of an intermunicipal agreement with the lower river towns regarding land use guidelines and tax sharing.

Developed potential common regulations to govern land use and hypothetical property improvement increments.

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