ME: Norridgewock Seeks to Resolve Hazards Posed by Birds at Airport

Sept. 6, 2018

NORRIDGEWOCK — Officials are looking into how to resolve concerns about birds causing safety problems at the town-owned airport that have left some wondering whether a proposal to expand a neighboring landfill will aggravate the challenges of wildlife management.

“It’s always a topic of conversation when we get a group of pilots together,” Norridgewock Town Manager Richard LaBelle said. “(The birds) do tend to sit on the runway, and we haven’t maintained the best records of near misses and actual hits.”

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