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The funding for the Aquatic Invasive Species Grant Program was made possible by Public Act 19-190, which passed through the Connecticut General Assembly in 2019. (Shutterstock)
DANBURY, CT The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced the inaugural recipients of grant funding via the Aquatic Invasive Species Program. Lake Kenosia in Danbury, Ball Pond in New Fairfield, and Candlewood Lake were among the locations selected to receive these funds.
The Housatonic Valley Association will receive $25,500 to remove water chestnut from Lake Kenosia. The Candlewood Lake Authority will receive $26,711 to create a Watershed Steward Program that will educate boaters on aquatic invasive species. The Ball Pond Advisory Committee will receive $2,960.11 for a research project that will identify and monitor Cyanobacteria in the pond.
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Robert Miller: It s perfect tick weather and there s a significant increase of them in parts of CT
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An illustration of the deer tick, at right, responsible for Lyme disease, provided by Milford Molecular Diagnostics in 2018Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo
Because you can now go outside and mix it up in the greenery vaccinated, unmasked and hugging do not forget what lurks in the dry leaves and unmown grass nearby.
It is already tick season, as anyone with a romping dog or an unkempt field can attest.
“The weather is warm,” said Neeta Connally, as associate professor of biology at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury and director of its Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory. “People are out.”
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An illustration of the deer tick, at right, responsible for Lyme Disease at Milford Molecular Diagnostics, LLC at 2044 Bridgeport Avenue in Milford, Conn. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
Because you can now go outside and mix it up in the greenery vaccinated, unmasked and hugging do not forget what lurks in the dry leaves and unmown grass nearby.
It is already tick season, as anyone with a romping dog or an unkempt field can testify to.
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