Mass. House and Senate Bill Restricting the Use of Rodenticides

[Barbara J. Goodchild]

Hello, everyone,

I just wanted to mention that this bill has been supported by two Cambridge City Council members (Patty Nolan and Marc McGovern) and discussed in last night's meeting of the City Council. And I signed up to say a few words in support of the bill. (I know this is Cambridge news, but, as the ranger at Fresh Pond said, "hawks and owls don't know borders.")

If passed, it would be sent to all state legislators that represent Cambridge.

Barbara

[Mark Hibberd]

Well done! Is there a mechanism to be more general about this issue rather than "town by town", to your point about wildlife ignoring town borders etc?

Thanks
Mark

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[Barbara J. Goodchild]

Hello, Mark, 

Not sure. Will research. I could email a Cambridge City Councillor.

I just wanted to share the good news that the policy order passed. See below:

"Hello All:

Excited to share that at last night's Cambridge City Council meeting a policy order to support S.2721/H.5217, An Act restricting the use of rodenticides in the environment, passed unanimously! Thank you to council members McGovern and Nolan for their ongoing support for this issue. 

About half of the 16 public commenters voiced support for the policy order, including Barbara, who was great."

[Mark Hibberd]

Hi Barbara

That's great news! If you email the Councillor, could you ask if they know of a state-level mechanism to push this harder?

Thanks
Mark

[Cliff Cook]

The person with the best overview of this might be Heather Packard, who is Mass Audubon's community organizer working on this issue across the state.  You could try reaching out to her for more info.  

Cliff Cook

Watertown

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[Barbara J. Goodchild]

Yes. I just emailed Mark that Heather Packard is the expert. The City of Cambridge bill was just supporting the state bill. I have been to two meetings at the State House during the last year about that bill.