State grants are available that may help reimburse the cost of invasive weed mitigation but we have to raise money first and get the plan moving forward before we can apply for grant reimbursement. Any funds not consumed by the initial treatments or that are reimbursed by State of CT grants will be rolled forward to fund future treatments in this ongoing project.

Friends of Great Hill Pond Applied for grant funding for 2024. Unfortunately we were unable to secure grant funding for our treatment program due to

• Increased competition for funding

• Lack of public access relative to other grant applicants

• Other proposed funding sites were prioritized because of higher priority invasive species

The state agency that administers these grants has assured us that our application was technically sound and that we should continue to apply for funding in 2025 and beyond.

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