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

Organization: 
Urban Resources Initiative
Date Issued: 
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.

Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Project

Organization: 
Southwest Conservation District
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
10 179.00
Description: 
to support installing and improving public access to the Quinnipiac River in conjunction with Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Project in collaboration with the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee.

Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Wallingford

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
2 000.00
Description: 
to support the costs of an informational kiosk for Fireworks Island which is included in Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail in Wallingford.

Research of private property land titles and negotiating easements with property owners to continue trail

Organization: 
North Haven Trail Association
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To support the research of private property land titles and negotiating easements with property owners to allow sections of the trail to pass through their land.

Continuation of a public access recreation and educational trail in North Haven

Organization: 
North Haven Trail Association
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
3 500.00
Description: 
To support the continuation of a public access recreation and educational trail along the tidal marsh section of the Quinnipiac River, behind the Universal Drive shopping areas, in North Haven.

Photograph the Quinnipiac River

Organization: 
Regional Growth Partnership
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
3 000.00
Description: 
To retain services to photograph the Quinnipiac River from New Haven to Wallingford.  The photos will be used by RGP, Yale University Coastal and Watershed Study Center, and the University of New Haven for academic, economic development and planning purposes.  The parties will be using the information for public education about the marshes and the interrelationships with the marsh.  RGP will be utilizing the photos to assist in the implementation of the Quinnipiac River Conservation and Development Corridor project (QRCDC).

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.

Kids Explore!, Kids Do!, Kids Teach!

Organization: 
Solar Youth
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
8 000.00
Description: 
To educate New Haven's youth about the natural and social systems that affect the Quinnipiac River.  To design and execute a community service action project that addresses an issue for youth to identify and teach what they have learned and accomplished to others; thereby building a constituency of urban advocates for the Quinnipiac River.  This project is called Kids Explore!, Kids Do!, Kids Teach!

Six youth learned about the history, ecology and uses of the Quinnipiac River, created a poster discouraging littering, and created a River Bingo game.

Landowners Education

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
Funds are requested to support the implementation of landowner and youh education about reducing non-point pollution.

QRWA used landowner education and public access in its Friends of the Quinnipiac campaign, aiming to motivate landowners and land developers to protect the river from pollution by following best land management practices.

General Operating expenses

Organization: 
North Haven Trail Association
Date Issued: 
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
Funds are requested to design and order letterhead, envelopes, postcards, postage and produce mapping for the trail.

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