Letter: Falmouth’s pesticide ordinance must be revised for balance

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Letter: Falmouth’s pesticide ordinance must be revised for balance

The Falmouth Conservation Commission and the Ordinance Committee have for several years worked commendably to craft a balanced pesticide ordinance. Unfortunately for Falmouth’s hemlocks the emotion/science balance is still off. Hemlock woolly adelgid infestations are killing hemlocks in eastern North America due to the absence of host resistance and natural enemies that keep HWA populations […]