Date: 3/31/26 7:05 am From: Barbara J. Goodchild <bjgoodchild...> Subject: Re: [Arlington Birds] Mass. House and Senate Bill Restricting the Use of Rodenticides
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."
On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 9:54 AM Mark Hibberd <markghibberd...> wrote:
> 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
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 9:47 AM Barbara J. Goodchild <
> <bjgoodchild...> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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