Read the July/August 2024 BCF Newsletter

In this issue:

Belmont Carbon Emissions Down 14%

According to the Belmont Energy Committee’s most recent inventory, the town’s carbon emissions dropped from 177,000 tons to 150,000 tons per year between 2014 and 2021. Read more.

Vision for a Better Belmont: Jeff Birenbaum

Jeff Birenbaum is chair of the Belmont Planning Board. Read more.

Concord Bike Lane May be Increasing Cycling

This August will mark two years since the restriping of Concord Avenue, a project that repainted the lines on the road to switch the positions of the biking and parking lanes. Read more.

Profiles in Belmont: Robert McLaughlin, Sr.

Please meet Bob McLaughlin: indispensable town exemplar, and proof of the possible. Read more.

Belmont Mosquito Control Services Explained

Mosquitoes can be more than just a summer nuisance; they can carry diseases like West Nile virus (WNV) and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Read more.

Rodenticides Are Killing Massachusetts Wildlife

A coalition of Massachusetts residents petitioned the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) in May to suspend the registrations of anticoagulant rodenticide products that are killing eagles, owls, and other wild animals throughout the Commonwealth. Read more.

Belmont Boasts Bounteous Birds

Whether you’re in the garden, open spaces, or on woodsy walks, our home town offers a variety of eco-friendly locales to commune with Ma Nature’s little winged ambassadors. Read more.

New Connections Coming to Mystic Greenways

At the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA), we are excited to see the path network along the Mystic River grow more connected every year, linking parks and greenways from the Mystic Lakes to Boston Harbor. Read more.

Group Plants Cambridge Front-Yard Forest

The first Miyawaki forest in the northeast was planted on public land in Cambridge in September 2021. Read more.