Save the Sound
Amount: $100,000
Purpose: To pilot ecoSPEARS as a tool to decontaminate dam sediment in situ
Eastern Connecticut Conservation District
Amount: $82,241
Purpose: To establish the Eastern CT Watershed Network
Connecticut Audubon Society
Amount: $56,247
Purpose: To pilot water quality testing on the lower Connecticut River to collect data and raise awareness about threats posed by neonicotinoid pesticides to the LIS
Clean Up Sound & Harbors (CUSH)
Amount: $40,800
Purpose: To identify sources of high bacteria readings in CUSH monitored estuaries. Based on these sources, develop action plans towards mitigating water quality
Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment
Amount: $37,500
Purpose: To fund Citizen Advisory Committee Coordinator position
Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment
Amount: $40,000
Purpose: To organize and host a Long Island forum for municipalities and not-for-profits to develop priority projects list
National Audubon Society
Amount: $30,000
Purpose: Establish a full-time staff position to manage the 125 volunteers through the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds.
Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration (CORR)
Amount: $27,500
Purpose: Purchase an industrial bucket-washing machine to clean oyster shell collection buckets
Seatuck Environmental Association
Amount: $26,516
Purpose: To establish the Beach-nesting Bird Workgroup (BNBW) and collect data on bird populations and threats
Henry L. Ferguson Museum
Amount: $15,741
Purpose: To gather feedback from boaters and homeowners on the eco-mooring communication plan, which aims to protect eelgrass areas