Phase one would take care of some of the critical areas around the beaches and install underwater berms to help prevent inland silt coming in. The cost would be between $6 million and $11 million. Originally YMCA officials hoped to remove 125,000 cubic yards of silt and sediment, but scaled it back to 90,000 cubic yards over two phases. It’s now our responsibility to maintain the property.” “We were the recipients of this great gift in 1949 from Cornelia Sloper Neil. “The 19-acre pond is the centerpiece to that 143-acre property,” said Pooler. In order to save Sloper Pond, the pond needs to be dredged.
Ponds eventually fill in and become swamps, then meadows. Southington YMCA CEO Mark Pooler said the pond is following its natural life course by slowly filling in with silt and sediment.
The Southington Town Council voted unanimously in favor of supporting a neighborhood assistance grant application of up to $150,000 for YMCA Camp Sloper’s “Save Sloper Pond” initiative.
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