In 2024, the Greensboro Conservation Commission (GCC) developed a resolution declaring Greensboro a Pollinator-Friendly town in support of the Vermont Neonicotinoids Act 182 that was going through the House at the time. That resolution was developed based on the work of the Town of Cabot in particular and passed at Greensboro Town Meeting in 2024 with resounding popular support.
We’ve been busy walking the talk after the resolution passed in 2024. We’ve been incredibly invested in the pollinator habitat down by the rail trail, and we are actively seeking ways to restore pollinator habitat elsewhere in town. The GCC has done this by prioritizing the management of invasive species such as knotweed, which displaces and outcompetes the native species pollinators prefer for food and habitat. Members of our commission have spent countless hours supporting local businesses and landowners through the cutting, covering, and pulling of these invasives.”
Please check out all the work the GCC has undertaken at greensborovt.gov/conservation-commission/.
This year the GCC developed a resolution aimed at stopping the use of anticoagulant rodenticide in our town. Extensive research has documented that such rodenticide causes the cruel and unnecessary suffering of non-target wildlife such as raptors, fishers and bobcats. Again, this resolution is timed in support of a bill (H326) passing through the Vermont legislature. On this occasion a number of other towns are following Greensboro’s lead in taking this Resolution to 2026 Town Meeting.
The GCC encourages Greensboro residents to support the resolution at 2026 town meeting. Protect our wildlife.
Jane Hoffman, treasurer
Greensboro Conservation Commission
