Research

Cytec's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water permit

Organization: 
Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Amount: 
2 000.00
Description: 
To support the review of Cytec's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water permit for discharges into the Quinnipiac River and see if there have been any violations of their permit during this year or during the past 5 years.

World Wide Web/QR and New Haven Harbor Ecosystems

Organization: 
University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Science
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 21, 1996
Amount: 
3 978.00
Description: 
To establish a site or home page on the World Wide Web to disseminate information regarding the QR and New Haven Harbor ecosystems.

GIS Database

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 21, 1996
Amount: 
9 872.00
Description: 
Continued development of the GIS for the Quinnipiac River Watershed.

Monitoring Vegetation Change and Mudflat Development

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 21, 2002
Amount: 
14 500.00
Description: 
To continue monitoring vegetation change and mudflat development in the Quinnipiac River tidal marshes.  In addition, to conduct field and lab work to begin to test hypothesized causes for the observed wetland loss and to assess how marsh loss has affected the load of pollutants (N,trace metals) to the river.

Various programs

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 21, 2002
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
To support volunteer monitoring, Stream Walk problem assessment, regulatory research, grassroots advocacy, education - upper and lower river, and general public education.

Monitoring Vegetation

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Thursday, May 15, 2003
Amount: 
13 000.00
Description: 
To continue monitoring vegetation change and mudflat development in the Quinnipiac River brackish marshes, and begin to test hypothesized causes for the observed wetland loss.  To complete a nitrogen and trace metal analyses and begin to assess how marsh loss has affected the load of pollutants to the river.

Chemical lawn pesticides and fertilizer study

Organization: 
Quinnipiac River Watershed Partnership
Date Issued: 
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Amount: 
20 000.00
Description: 
To support a before and after pilot study of a residential neighborhood within the Quinnipiac River Watershed after it has participated in an education program that encourages the use of organic lawn care agents versus chemical lawn care agents.

Internet/Handheld computer field guide

Organization: 
Cold Spring School
Date Issued: 
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Amount: 
4 995.00
Description: 
To support the production of a student lead project of internet based-handheld computer field guides resources for the Quinnipiac River that calculates water quality data, geology, oysters, plants, macro-invertabrates, birds and oystering history.

Yale University - Study of  Q River Tidal Marshes Data Gathering re: stress on Ecosystem

Organization: 
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Amount: 
12 000.00
Description: 
To support investigation of the various stresses that may be contributing to the extensive loss of vegetation in the Quinnipiac tidal marshes and begin to gather data on the relative importance of sub-surface compaction, decompositon in causing elevation loss in this ecosystem.

Yale University-Short Course in River Processes (4)

Organization: 
Yale University Grant and Contract Administration
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Amount: 
7 500.00
Description: 
To offer a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmrntal activists.  The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream exosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities.  Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environemntal data on the Q River.

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