Date: 3/31/26 7:10 am From: Cliff Cook <ccook13...> Subject: Re: [Arlington Birds] Mass. House and Senate Bill Restricting the Use of Rodenticides
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
On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 10:06 AM Mark Hibberd <markghibberd...>
wrote:
> 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
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 10:05 AM Barbara J. Goodchild <
> <bjgoodchild...> wrote:
>
>> 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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