Ress said the company will be readily available to answer any questions the town has as they have a great working relationship. “If it was the town that violated an endangered species permit,” he said, “they would have been marching me out on television in handcuffs.” “You don’t want to really tar and feather them, but at the same time they have to play by the rules we do. “On the one hand, they’re valued partners with us,” Kantor said. While some people might think Eversource killing plants in a half-acre area is insignificant, Kantor said it is about holding companies accountable to the rules everyone must follow. Kantor said he found the 2018 violation when searching state records to check if anything was happening with the state or permits in the town of Conway. “We have no plans to use herbicide in the town of Conway,” Ress said by phone. 27 notice from Eversource stating the company will conduct maintenance work on Bardwells Ferry Road in the near future, specifically “vegetation maintenance activities.”Įversource spokesperson Priscilla Ress said this work is part of a “regular maintenance” cycle and no herbicide will be used. Tuesday’s letter comes on the heels of a Dec. … It’s one thing to criticize the company, it’s another to criticize employees who are doing what they’re told.” “There’s no doubt in my mind that the person that talked to us was well-meaning and did not intend to deceive the Select Board. “When they came before the Select Board … right at that time they were not following their permit,” Kantor said by phone. Select Board Chairman Philip Kantor said a representative from the company had appeared before the board at a meeting in 2018, but no mention was made of the violation. In the wake of this discovery, the Select Board is seeking answers from Eversource as to why the town had not heard of the violation and what new precautions the company will be taking. The two plants have similar looks - American bittersweet has orange seed capsules while Oriental bittersweet’s are yellow - are found in the same sites and “intertwine” as they grow, which can cause people to often confuse the plants with one another, according to a MassWildlife pamphlet.
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While performing maintenance and upgrade work on overhead electrical equipment in 2018, Eversource’s use of herbicides “without adherence to the best management practices required” killed 30 American bittersweet plants and harmed six others, according to a MassWildlife permit issued to the company in 2020.Īmerican bittersweet plants are designated by MassWildlife as a “threatened” species, but are often confused with Oriental bittersweet, which is an invasive species from northeast Asia. CONWAY - After discovering Eversource violated a Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and Management permit while performing maintenance on Bardwells Ferry Road in 2018, the Conway Select Board issued a letter to the company Tuesday requesting a representative at a future meeting to answer questions about the incident.
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