Date: 3/31/26 7:14 am From: Barbara J. Goodchild <bjgoodchild...> Subject: Re: [Arlington Birds] Mass. House and Senate Bill Restricting the Use of Rodenticides
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.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 10:10 AM Cliff Cook <ccook13...> wrote:
> 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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