Grantee: Aspetuck Land Trust
Grant Amount: $179,951Matching Funds: $99,313Total Project Amount: $279,264
Supply 40 free buffers to qualified residents and business owners in Bridgeport, Connecticut and install a 3,100 square foot demonstration buffer at a high traffic community art and event site along the Pequonnock River. Project will add 15,100 square feet of nature-based infrastructure to the landscape and engage 17,000 people and community organizations in supporting a healthy Long Island Sound.
Grantee: Eastern Connecticut Conservation District, Inc.
Grant Amount: $513,224Matching Funds: $257,000Total Project Amount: $770,224
Construct a composting facility in Woodstock, Connecticut. Project will provide local farmers with a nutrient management system that will reduce 2,299 pounds of nitrogen and 853 pounds of phosphorus from entering the Long Island Sound.
Grantee: Farmington River Watershed Association, Inc.
Grant Amount: $117,735Matching Funds: $58,971Total Project Amount: $176,706
Develop a combined EPA-approved 9-Element Watershed-Based Management Plan (WBP) for the Still and Mad River watersheds. Project will identify and quantify the primary sources of nutrient, sediment and bacterial loading, and use this data to outline Best Management Practices to reduce nutrient loads, restore water quality, and improve ecological health in the Still and Mad Rivers, the Farmington River, and ultimately, Long Island Sound.
Grantee: Save the Sound, Inc.
Grant Amount: $275,375Matching Funds: $137,694Total Project Amount: $413,069
Install nature-based infrastructure, as well as a replica at the ground level to provide an interactive exhibit on the improvements to stormwater at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Project will create infrastructure that will prevent 29,000 gallons of stormwater from entering the Long Island Sound and replace 1,200 square feet of impervious surface.
Grantee: Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition, Inc.
Grant Amount: $160,000Matching Funds: $81,507Total Project Amount: $241,507
Develop engineering plans for riparian buffer restoration and Best Management Practices to stabilize the streambanks at Three Rivers Park in Woodbury, Connecticut. Project will facilitate site assessments and stakeholder engagement in order to deliver preliminary design plans for the permitting phase.
Grantee: New Haven Urban Resources Initiative
Grant Amount: $273,026Matching Funds: $140,000Total Project Amount: $413,026
Implement a coordinated stormwater management effort for Edgewood Park, Connecticut through the removal of parking lot impervious surfaces, construction of two large bioswales, installation of a rain garden, removal of invasive vegetation, replanting of native plants, and restoration of a hydrologic connection to Iris Pond. Project will remove 1,250 square feet of impervious surface, improving water quality of rivers draining into the Long Island Sound and restoring riparian areas.
Grantee: Norwalk River Watershed Association, Inc.
Grant Amount: $140,000Matching Funds: $107,202Total Project Amount: $247,202
Complete planning, designs, and permitting to restore fish passage along the Norwalk River in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Project will prepare plans for the removal of one stream barrier, opening 3 miles of brook for fish passage and restoring 4.12 acres of wetland habitat.
Grantee: The Greenwich Land Trust
Grant Amount: $164,314Matching Funds: $114,000Total Project Amount: $278,314
Remove invasive plant species across 4.20 acres on Shell Island in southwestern Long Island Sound through invasive species control and native plant installation. Project will restore coastal island forest, coastal grassland, and dune habitat, improving ecological function and resilience of coastal island habitat, enhancing biodiversity and supporting nesting and foraging habitat for priority birds, native pollinators, and other wildlife.
Grant Amount: $499,504Matching Funds: $250,000Total Project Amount: $749,504
Conduct a site assessment and develop designs to restore fish passage along the Quinnipiac River. Project will complete design plans, cost estimates, and permit applications, resulting in a shovel-ready plan that will ultimately restore the Quinnipiac River by reconnecting over 30 miles for migratory fish, including 8 river miles of permanent, maintenance-free, whole-system restoration with a total impact area of over 255 acres of rivers and ponds.
Grantee: American Rivers, Inc.
Grant Amount: $757,601Matching Funds: $900,000Total Project Amount: $1,657,601
Complete the design, engineering, permitting to restore fish passage along the Fourmile and Branford Rivers, which drain directly to Long Island Sound. Project will open up 12.30 miles of aquatic habitat for migratory fish species.
Grantee: SoundWaters, Inc.
Grant Amount: $152,403Matching Funds: $107,322Total Project Amount: $259,725
Restore a degraded 2.20-acre salt marsh, one of the last remaining natural spaces in Stamford Harbor, through the removal of the common reed from the upland and high marsh areas. Project will engage 760 community volunteers and 2,600 high school students to manually remove Phragmites and replant native vegetation in the low marsh (smooth cordgrass) and high marsh (salt marsh hay).
Grantee: The Nature Conservancy
Grant Amount: $360,060Matching Funds: $185,469Total Project Amount: $545,529
Develop technical designs and secure permits for nature-based solutions and Best Management Practices to address stormwater flooding in the City of Groton, Connecticut. Project will continue to work in partnership with stakeholders in the area, and advance a series of conceptual designs that were developed following an intensive stormwater modeling and community effort.
Grantee: Earthplace – The Nature Discovery Center, Inc.
Grant Amount: $162,569Matching Funds: $81,284Total Project Amount: $243,853
Provide high school and college students with educational opportunities to use the Long Island Sound watershed as their classroom, and train them on how to solve current water quality issues in Connecticut. The project will engage over 300 students in a variety of programs designed to provide hands-on experience in the field and laboratory.
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