3 bills in MN Legislature to lobby for

Two important bills pollinator bills are moving through the Minnesota House and need support from the Governor and your legislators to make it into law.

HF 1255 would give cities the option to ban bee-lethal pesticides if they choose. This bill is historic. It would make Minnesota the first state to restore local control over pesticides to its municipalities. This bill is sorely needed and a big deal.

HF 721 would put into law the Dept. of Natural Resources current practice of banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in our state's publicly owned Wildlife Management Areas.

Call Governor Walz's office at 651-201-3400 and leave a message.

Please tell Gov. Walz:

• Our pollinators need clean, pesticide free forage to survive.

• Support HF 1255 and HF 721 -- 2 important bills to enable the creation of safe sanctuary for pollinators.

Then please call your legislators and tell them the same thing. For those of us living in John Poston’s district (9A) don’t let Rep. Poston fool you. He is not a sponsor of these bills. He voted against a version of HF 721 in the last session.

Rep. Wazlawik

Another bill worth making some calls on is HF 3084 introduced by Rep. Ami Wazlawik. It would prohibit State revenue use to purchase single-use plastic water bottles. The State buys a lot of plastic water bottles. If the State took leadership on getting these out of the waste stream other large institution would follow.

Please call you representative and ask them to support this bill.

Tim

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