“Pesticides in Connecticut—Protecting our Birds and Bees,” a free program February 27 in New Milford

Grassland birds such as Bobolinks are at risk from neonics used in agriculture.

The risks that pesticides and rodenticides pose to birds, pollinators and people will be the topic of a program at the New Milford Public Library on Tuesday, February 27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Joyce Leiz, executive director of the Connecticut Audubon Society, will be among the program’s speakers. Connecticut Audubon is strongly supporting proposals before the General Assembly in Hartford this year to severely restrict the use of neonicotinoid pesticides (known as neonics) and second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides.

The program, titled “Pesticides in Connecticut—Protecting our Birds and Bees,” is being organized by Sierra Club Connecticut. Speakers will include representatives of the Sierra Club, Pollinator Pathway, and Friends of Animals.

The program is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so please register by clicking HERE.

The New Milford program will serve as a prelude to a conference on March 11 — “Neonics, The New DDT — What You Need to Know About the Pesticides Harming Connecticut’s Birds, Bees, Wildlife & People” — at Trinity College in Hartford. The conference is being organized by Connecticut Audubon, Pollinator Pathway, and Rivers Alliance, under the auspices of the Connecticut Coalition for Pesticide Reform.

You can find more information about the conference HERE.