{"id":7757,"date":"2025-02-13T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T18:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/?p=7757"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:41:32","slug":"community-forum-rescue-metrowest-wildlife-from-rodenticides","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/2025\/02\/13\/community-forum-rescue-metrowest-wildlife-from-rodenticides\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Forum: Rescue MetroWest Wildlife from Rodenticides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Monday, March 10:<\/strong> Hybrid Meeting&nbsp;7:00 pm &#8211; 8:30 pm at the Lincoln Public School Learning Commons, Ballfield Rd, Lincoln, MA or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/programs\/policy-and-advocacy\/96577-rescue-metrowest-wildlife-from-rodenticides\"><strong>Register<\/strong><\/a> to join via Zoom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Raptors, coyotes, and other predators balance Massachusetts\u2019 ecosystems. But shocking numbers of these iconic creatures have been sickened and killed after eating poisoned rodents. Mass Audubon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/take-action\/advocate\/rescue-raptors\">Rescue Raptors<\/a> program supports groups in communities across Massachusetts to reduce the use of these poisons, and wildlife advocates in MetroWest have organized local campaign teams. Join Rescue MetroWest Wildlife for a gathering to learn how rodent poisons harm wildlife and their plans to reduce rodent poison use in Lincoln, Concord, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Picture1.png?version=28267a59913a89cc2f8cf88bac222805\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7759 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Picture1-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Picture1-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Picture1-439x300.png 439w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Picture1.png 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Photo Credit: Northern Saw-whet owl, Jennifer Johnston<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by: Lincoln Land Conservation Trust &amp; the Concord, Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland, &amp; Weston Conservation and Natural Resources Departments.<\/p>\n<p>More info about SGARs and their effect on wildlife can be found on the Conservation Department&#8217;s page, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/dangers-of-rodenticides\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7761 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-13-132608.png?version=a96551a22d9add982b59f6122b19a874\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-13-132608.png 619w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/273\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-13-132608-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, March 10: Hybrid Meeting&nbsp;7:00 pm &#8211; 8:30 pm at the Lincoln Public School Learning Commons, Ballfield Rd, Lincoln, MA or Register to join via Zoom.&nbsp; Raptors, coyotes, and other predators balance Massachusetts\u2019 ecosystems. But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/2025\/02\/13\/community-forum-rescue-metrowest-wildlife-from-rodenticides\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Community Forum: Rescue MetroWest Wildlife from Rodenticides\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":7765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7757"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7811,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7757\/revisions\/7811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}