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Francestown conservation commission schedules April 15 presentation on rodenticide program
Summary
The commission will host an Audubon Society biologist on April 15 to brief residents about the town rodenticide program after a Select Board request for outreach; the session will be recorded and open to the public.
Betsy Hardwick, chair of the Francestown Conservation Commission, said the Select Board asked the commission to undertake outreach and education about the town’s rodenticide program. Hardwick reported she spoke with Carol Foss, a biologist from the Audubon Society, who agreed to give a public presentation on April 15 at the town offices; the presentation will be recorded so residents who cannot attend in person can watch live.
Hardwick said Ed at the transfer station has indicated he is willing to consider discontinuing use of rodenticide at that facility. The commission did not take a formal vote on any policy change at the March 2 meeting; Hardwick will proceed with scheduling the April 15 presentation so board members, staff and residents can hear Foss’s recommendations and ask questions.
The commission did not specify in the minutes a regulatory pathway or timeline for any ban or restriction; minutes record only that outreach and education were requested by the Select Board. The minutes also refer to Carol Foss and the Audubon Society by those names; the minutes use the acronym “FLT” elsewhere without expanding it, and the commission did not supply an expanded name for that acronym in these minutes.
The presentation is intended as an informational session; the minutes do not record any formal motion, vote, or commitment to a policy change on March 2. The commission noted the meeting to organize outreach but left substantive decisions to follow-up discussion after the presentation.
