MORNING SENTINEL • July 18, 2023
Farmland that can no longer be tilled because it has been contaminated by PFAS will be repurposed as a nature preserve as part of a broader effort to better protect grassland birds, a conservation group announced Tuesday. The Unity-based Sebasticook Regional Land Trust said it received a grant from Cornell University to help restore grassland bird habitats contaminated with PFAS and other so-called forever chemicals. The trust said the $5,000 grant will help turn the Unity farmland into habitat for grassland bird species that are seeing large population declines.