The Portola Valley Conservation Committee hosted the Moving to Safe & Sustainable Rodent Control event for residents on Tuesday, October 3rd. Residents learned about rodent-control strategies that promote safety for families, pets and wildlife, as well as sustaining our natural environment.

For information and resources, please see the links below:

• If you would like a free assessment of rodent issues of your house/property, please contact the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District here.
• To learn more about the impacts of secondary poisoning from second generation rodenticide use (including family pets), please click here or here.
• To learn more about the Town’s approach to rodenticide use, please click here (please see page 43)
• To learn more about Portola Valley Ranch’s experiences moving away from rodenticides, please view the PDF.
• If you would like to attract barn owls to your property, click here to learn more about building owl boxes!