Conservation Commission 7/11/23

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CANCELED DUE TO FLOODING AT TOWN CENTER

RICHMOND CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Meeting agenda, Tuesday July 11, 2023
7:30 PM
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Time: July 11, 2023 at 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Agenda: 
Please note that times are approximate.
7:30 p.m. Public introductions and comments 
7:35 Appoint minutes taker and approve June minutes 
7:45 Additions, amendments to agenda  
7:50 Discussion of second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides. See see this piece in the Boston Globe from this week (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/03/opinion/rat-poison-sgar-bald-eagles-owls/) and this piece written in May by the Vermont Audubon Society on the impacts of SGARs in VT (https://vt.audubon.org/news/are-we-burning-down-our-house-kill-rat-why-use-second-generation-anti-coagulant-rodenticides).
8:15 Let’s revisit the idea of paying the balance between leaded and unleaded ammo. For more info see www.voanews.com/a/nearly-half-of-us-bald-eagles-suffer-lead-poisoning-/6447550.html 
8:30 Ask Jeanette for an update on the Waitsfield meeting
8:45 Bernie Paquette page on invasive plant management day and week – see attachment
​​​​​​​8:55 Matters arising
​​​​​​​9:00 Adjourn