CT INSIDER — Nearly $700,000 in state funds would allow the Town of Wallingford to build a pedestrian bridge as part of it Linear Trail improvement project.
Author: Carolyn Christmann
Wallingford residents frustrated after newly renovated high school field floods again
NBC CT — After another few days of rain, the newly renovated field at Sheehan High School in Wallingford has flooded again. Water covered the track and much of the field Thursday, and slowly receded throughout the day.
Quinnipiac River Fund Supports Exploration of Impact of Salt from Roadways
CONNECTICUT BY THE NUMBERS — Contamination of the Quinnipiac River in Connecticut was once so great that it prompted the first pollution control measure in the state and the eventual creation of the first sewage treatment plant in the Connecticut, according to the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
Chargers Conducting Grant-Funded Research Exploring Impact of Pollution on the Local Environment
This summer, several faculty members and students are engaged in important research projects supported by the Quinnipiac River Fund, examining how microplastics and metals are affecting wildlife in local aquatic habitats.
Water Therapy
DAILY NUTMEG — The tide chart tells us that around 9:30 a.m., the time will be right for putting our canoe in at Sackett Point. High tide arrives at the state boat launch in North Haven two hours later than in New Haven Harbor, and the Quinnipiac River Fund’s website advisesstarting out an hour before that to allow deep enough water for side trips off the meandering Quinnipiac.
Quinnipiac: The People of the Long Water Land
CONNECTICUT HISTORY.ORG — Once a common sight in Connecticut’s towns, itinerant Indian crafters walked miles across the state, selling all sorts of brooms, baskets, herbs, and other Native goods. In the late 18th century, several such vendors were known to the people of Guilford as town residents.
The Resilient River: What It’s Like To Paddle Down The Quinnipiac
CONNECTICUT PUBLIC RADIO — The Quinnipiac River was, historically, one of Connecticut’s most polluted. For decades, nineteenth-century factories and densely populated towns poured sewage and industrial waste into the river.
Quinnipiac River ready for more fish — and recreation
CT POST – For the first time in 150 years, American shad and other fish can travel to the upper reaches of the Quinnipiac River, thanks to the removal of two old dams and a water line over the last three years.
Marking Time On The Quinnipiac River: One Bridge Opening At A Time
Connecticut Public Radio — When a boat needs to pass under a low bridge on a river, that bridge needs to move out of the way. A drawbridge lifts up so a boat can pass under. A swing bridge pivots out of the way so a boat can pass by. But these decades-old bridges don’t operate on their own. They rely on a small group of “bridge tenders” who specialize in a peculiar and slow-moving job.
No more duck hunting on Quinnipiac River in New Haven, for now
FOX61 — Residents have been complaining for years, but it took a letter from New Haven’s police chief to convince state officials that waterfowl hunting along the Quinnipiac River, isn’t all that it’s quacked up to be.