On September 26, 2023, the Hallowell, Maine City Council
approved the Landcare Management Ordinance!
On September 26, 2023, the Hallowell, Maine City Council
approved the Landcare Management Ordinance!
As of October 06, 2023, the Landcare Management Ordinance (LMO) is official. The Grow Green & Healty Hallowell coalition wishes to thank all of our supporters.
Since early 2021, the Grow Green & Healthy Hallowell coalition has been educating the community on the risks of synthetic pesticides. Hallowell City Council approved the Landcare Management Ordinance (LMO) in September 2023 to decrease the prevalence of synthetic pesticides and herbicides use in Hallowell. The LMO will protect the health of Hallowell’s residents, visitors, children, pets, and natural resources for future generations.
The approved LMO changed since initially presented to Council in August 2022, but the result is a compromise in the right direction. The Grow Green & Healthy Hallowell team has updated educational and reference documents to complement the current version of the LMO and IS UPDATING THIS WEBSITE. It is a work in progress, but does now include the final LMO and updated materials.
Curtailing pesticide use for outdoor plants and pest management is a significant investment in the future wellbeing of our Hallowell, Maine community; thank you Mayor and City Council!
which will promote the health of all our citizens, pets, wildlife, and waterways by reducing our exposure to toxic chemicals used on our lawns and public spaces.
GROW GREEN & HEALTHY HALLOWELL (GGHH) is a coalition of concerned citizens working to promote the health of our growing children, adults, family pets, wildlife, pollinators, plants, aquatic life in The Kennebec River and Vaughn Brook Watershed, by reducing toxic pesticide use on our lawns & gardens, children’s sports fields, and public spaces.
Pesticides are carried by run-off onto adjacent property and downhill into the Vaughan Brook Watershed and Kennebec River, and leach into the soil and water table. Pesticides also drift through the air, and are tracked into our homes on shoes.
The most Sustainable way to protect our residents and the environment is with a Land Management Ordinance that reduces synthetic pesticide and fertilizer use (with exemptions for public health issues like infestations of deer tick or Brown Tail Moth)
We have joined thirty-one(31) Maine municipalities enacting ordinances that restrict pesticide use; leading the way in choosing to protect citizens and environment from toxic chemicals.
Why have an LMO? (pdf)
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Reduce exposure to toxic chemicals which are linked to an increasing number of serious
chronic and acute illnesses.
Prevent runoff and drift which impacts local aquatic life, pollinators, birds, soil microorganisms, and other critically important species.
Give landowners the tools they need for responsible, safe, and effective stewardship of their property.
Join our grassroots effort by volunteering to help implement the LMO.
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