3/12/2026 - Birds, Beverages, and Small Bites: A Policy Potluck - Pesticides Join Bent of the River for an informational evening with light refreshments. The topic is pesticides and the bill raised in the Environment Committee - AN ACT CONCERNING PESTICIDE REPORTING MODERNIZATION. We will be joined by Audubon Connecticut Director of Policy, Robert LaFrance, and Louise Washer, co-founder and board member of the National Pollinator Pathway, who serves as an organizer of Connecticut Pesticide Reform (CPR), a coalition of conservation organizations. Louise is also president of the Norwalk River Watershed Association and serves on the steering committee of the Hudson to Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership (H2H) This event will take place in our historic barn. Feel free to bring an appetizer of your own. We have limited Handicapped parking by the barn so we ask those who can, to park in our visitor lot and walk up to the barn. This program is free but registration is required for capacity. ### Event: Birds, Beverages, and Small Bites: A Policy Potluck - Pesticides Event Date: 3/12/2026 Event Time: 5:30 pm -7:30pm Admission Fee: Free Registration Instructions: Register at Audubon site Event Organizers/Contact: Bent of the River Audubon Center | allison.middlemass@audubon.org Event Location: Bent of the River Audubon Center, 185 East Flat Hill Road, Southbury, CT 06488 Archives
Join Bent of the River for an informational evening with light refreshments. The topic is pesticides and the bill raised in the Environment Committee - AN ACT CONCERNING PESTICIDE REPORTING MODERNIZATION.
We will be joined by Audubon Connecticut Director of Policy, Robert LaFrance, and Louise Washer, co-founder and board member of the National Pollinator Pathway, who serves as an organizer of Connecticut Pesticide Reform (CPR), a coalition of conservation organizations. Louise is also president of the Norwalk River Watershed Association and serves on the steering committee of the Hudson to Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership (H2H)
This event will take place in our historic barn. Feel free to bring an appetizer of your own. We have limited Handicapped parking by the barn so we ask those who can, to park in our visitor lot and walk up to the barn. This program is free but registration is required for capacity.
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Event: Birds, Beverages, and Small Bites: A Policy Potluck - Pesticides Event Date: 3/12/2026 Event Time: 5:30 pm -7:30pm Admission Fee: Free Registration Instructions: Register at Audubon site Event Organizers/Contact: Bent of the River Audubon Center | allison.middlemass@audubon.org Event Location: Bent of the River Audubon Center, 185 East Flat Hill Road, Southbury, CT 06488