MAINE GOVERNMENT NEWS • June 30, 2021
Governor Janet Mills today signed an Executive Order directing the Maine Forest Service and the Board of Pesticides Control to review rules related to the aerial application of synthetic herbicides and to recommend changes to further protect rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, brooks, wetlands, wildlife and human habitat and other natural resources. The Governor’s Executive Order follows her veto of LD 125 (PDF), which she objected to because of its “blanket prohibition” over aerial application of glyphosate for the purposes of silviculture, the science and practices underpinning the sustainability of Maine’s forests.