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Date: 10/23/25 8:38 am From: Diana F. <diana.fru...> Subject: [Arlington Birds] TOMORROW: Deadline to register for verbal testimony!
Fyi ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'John Nelson' via Association of Massachusetts Bird Clubs < <association-of-massachusetts-bird-clubs...> Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 11:09 AM Subject: [AMBC Google Group] Fwd: TOMORROW: Deadline to register for verbal testimony! To: Massachusetts Assoc of Bird Clubs < <association-of-massachusetts-bird-clubs...> I am passing along this message I just received from Heather Packard of Mass Audubon. In the past I have asked AMBC representatives to urge club members to support proposed anti-rodenticide legislation. Now Mass Audubon is seeking people to provide testimony at the hearing this coming Monday. Please pass this message along to any club members who might be interested. Sorry for the short notice. John Nelson ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Heather Packard <hpackard...> Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM Subject: TOMORROW: Deadline to register for verbal testimony! To: John Nelson <jnelson...> Hello John, Would you be willing to forward the email below to the Brookline Bird Club? Thanks, Heather ___________ The hearing <https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5442> for the rodenticide bill, An Act Restricting the Use of Rodenticides in the Environment (H965 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD1721>/S644 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/SD1447>), is Monday, October 27th at 1:00pm. Participation in the hearing can be as simple as writing an email, or you can speak for two minutes virtually or in person. Check out a sample email and more: https://bit.ly/RodenticideBillHearing <https://bit.ly/RodenticideBillHearing> This is a reminder that if you are planning to give verbal testimony, in person or virtually, for the rodenticide bill at Monday’s hearing the deadline to pre-register is TOMORROW, Friday, October 24th at 10:00 AM. Register using this online form: https://forms.office.com/g/QSjDgWHnyE <https://forms.office.com/g/QSjDgWHnyE?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExQ3NLVmRzRmdJa2I1emkzYgEeVYwoMuXF0dXsNcDwmz97T1H3vMqXTvwMszQRXQ8F2HyhCg62eBW_l2GYtGE_aem_3kYpLEDsV9PQi50-IGix8w> You will need this name and bill number: An Act Restricting the Use of Rodenticides in the Environment (H965 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD1721>/S644 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/SD1447>). And if your town has a home rule petition you will need the bill’s full name and number too. (FYI - Arlington’s is the only home rule petition filed that is still missing from the hearing’s agenda. If you are from Arlington, you could email your legislators to ask them to help get it included on Monday.) Concord Bill H.4500 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4500> Salem Bill H4091 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4091> Lexington Bill H4133 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4133> Provincetown Bill H4172 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4172> Wellfleet Bill H4191 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD4713> Lowell Bill H4266 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4266> Newbury Bill H975 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H975> Orleans Bill H995 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H995> Belmont Bill H.4310 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD4932> Arlington H.4571 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD5188> Brookline Bill S26 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S26> Rally & Hearing to Protect Animals from Rodenticides On Monday, October 27: Rally at 12:00 pm on the Boston State House steps and then Hearing at 1:00 pm in Hearing Room A-1. The hearing <https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5442> for the rodenticide bill, An Act Restricting the Use of Rodenticides in the Environment (H965 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD1721>/S644 <https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/SD1447>), is Monday, October 27th at 1:00pm. Participation in the hearing can be as simple as writing an email, or you can speak for two minutes virtually or in person. To maximize our impact, we need everyone to send an email, i.e. submit written testimony, the sooner the better. Check out a sample email and more: https://bit.ly/RodenticideBillHearing <https://bit.ly/RodenticideBillHearing> We’ll start at Noon with the Rally to Protect Animals from Rodenticides on the steps of the Boston State House to get us fired up and then we all go into the hearing room to listen and/or wait to be called to testify. If you will testify verbally, whether in person or remotely, please pre-register by 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 24, 2025, using this online form <https://forms.office.com/g/QSjDgWHnyE>. Let’s pack the hearing room! Whether or not you want to testify, please join us and WEAR GREEN! Heather Packard (she/her) Community Organizer, Policy & Advocacy Mass Audubon <hpackard...> <hpackard...> \| 978-402-5689 massaudubon.org <http://www.massaudubon.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Association of Massachusetts Bird Clubs" group. 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