Wildlife

Educate fishers on safe consumption of fish

Organization: 
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To continue to educate fishers on safe consumption of fish by volunteers, bilingual safe fishing signage posted at river locales and by building grassroots support for a new state ban on lead fishing weights in the interest of fishers' and wildlife well-being.

Understanding the Fate of Formaldehyde in the Q River

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 16, 2000
Amount: 
140 000.00
Description: 
To test the hypothesis that Cytec is discharging into the Quinnipiac a large amount ot polymeric formaldehyde which a) has not been accounted for in the permitting process; b) becomes bioavailable over time; c) has great potential to accumulate in sediments and organisms.

Analyze Food Fish

Organization: 
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 1998
Amount: 
6 850.00
Description: 
To continue to analyze food fish from the Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers for toxic organic and inorganic contaminants.

Analyze Food Fish

Organization: 
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 1997
Amount: 
7 000.00
Description: 
To sample and analyze food fish from the Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers for toxic organic and inorganic contaminants.

Purchase Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 1997
Amount: 
12 000.00
Description: 
To purchase a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in order to conduct studies on the types and levels of organic contaminants in water & tissue of fish & other organisms.

3 Hydrographic Dye Dilution Studies

Organization: 
CT Dept. of Agriculture/Aquaculture Division
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 24, 1994
Amount: 
7 000.00
Description: 
Complete three hydrographic dye dilution studies of the Wastewater Pollution Control Facilities.

Assess Tautog Embryos

Organization: 
National Marine Fisheries Service
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 24, 1994
Amount: 
4 700.00
Description: 
Use plankton net to collect tautog embryos and assess their viability in New Haven Harbor.

Sampling of Various Species

Organization: 
National Marine Fisheries Service
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 24, 1994
Amount: 
3 400.00
Description: 
For a yearround sampling of various species to estimate incidences of erythrocyte micronucleation to evaluate effects on health fish.

Document the Macrobenthic Structure of River

Organization: 
Southern Connecticut State University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 24, 1994
Amount: 
4 738.90
Description: 
To document the macrobenthic structure of the lower Quinnipiac River as an "ecological benchmark" against future changes.

Measure/Assess Organic & Metal Contaminants

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 24, 1994
Amount: 
5 000.00
Description: 
To measure and assess organic and metal contaminants in the eggs, liver, kidney and flesh of tautog (blackfish) from New Haven Harbor.

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