NEW HAVEN REGISTER – Since 2015, signs posted along the Quinnipiac River have proudly proclaimed the existence of the Tidal Marsh Trail, which a town nonprofit has maintained for the public. This past weekend, however, a fence was erected, blocking access to the trail. Photo by Dave Zajac
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Wallingford officials push to extend Quinnipiac River Linear Trail to North Haven
NEW HAVEN REGISTER – State Rep. Mary Mushinsky, D-Wallingford, would like to see Wallingford’s Quinnipiac River Linear Trail connect to similar trails in North Haven and Meriden, even if it takes some pioneer tactics to get it done. Photo by Arnold Gold
Environmental concerns over proposed North Haven waste reclamation plant
CT INSIDER — Officials are questioning the environmental impacts of a waste reclamation facility proposed for a 90-acre site behind the Target on Universal Drive. The project, called AB Eco Park, would process the material that is not accepted for single-stream recycling across the state and ends up in a landfill.
Wallingford hopes to build pedestrian bridge along Quinnipiac Linear Trail with $700K in state funds
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.
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.
Hundreds Hit The Marina For 15th Annual Quinnipiac Riverfest
NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT — A place of peace and sanity, almost a stay-cation; a sense of history so deep you can feel the life of people here 10,000 years ago; a place where the local beer is a beautiful amber and you can also practice tai chi, as the gods intended, in nature, down by the banks of a river.
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.
Fair Haven Flourishes At Quinnipiac Riverfest
NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT — Fair Haven businesswoman Azucena Rojas moved her Mexican grocery outdoors for the day — and further connected with the neighborhood she calls home — during a festive, sun-dappled 10th annual Quinnipiac Riverfest.