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What does the district do to fight West Nile Virus?
For the 2008 mosquito season the district will again take an aggressive approach to mosquito management. With an elevated likelihood of the West Nile Virus impacting Sutter and Yuba counties, ground spray operations in agricultural areas will begin the last week of May and continue throughout the mosquito season. Wide area ground fogging routes have been expanded to cover all mosquito producing areas within the District. Wide area aerial fogging will also begin last week of May and continue regularly as weather permits west of Yuba City and north of Marysville. The aerial larviciding program will be expanded to treat approximately 150,000 acres of rice. Town fogging will be conducted at dusk, as mosquitoes are more active and likely to be exposed to sprays.
Additional summer employees will be hired to enhance the surveillance program. The District will use lab results from the dead bird surveillance program to establish local virus presence. Regularly submitted mosquito pools and sentinel chicken sera will also be used as a detection tool for West Nile Virus.
When enjoying outdoor activities, especially in the morning and evening hours, we are recommending that you apply a mosquito repellant.
2008 Town Fogging Schedule
The Sutter-Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District, reports that in an effort to minimize the spread of West Nile Virus in the Sutter-Yuba area, District personnel will begin regular ultra low volume spraying in the Robbins, Sutter, Meridian, Olivehurst, Live Oak, Linda, Plumas Lake, Marysville, Tierra Buena and Wheatland town areas on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Spraying will be performed with pickup mounted foggers every week starting approximately at sunset and continuing up to 3 hours, weather permitting. The spraying program will be discontinued in the fall when there is a significant drop in the mosquito population.
The District will be using a pyrethroid insecticide. This chemical is registered by the Environmental Protection Agency and applied according to label directions by the District´s trained and certified technicians. Although this chemical poses a low risk to human health, some people may prefer to avoid or minimize exposure by staying indoors, keeping their windows closed and turning off their swamp coolers during this spray time. You can obtain additional information about spray operations by calling the District office at 674-5456 ext. 0 between the hours of 7 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday thru Friday.
Unscheduled Fogging
Unscheduled fogging will occur on an as needed basis. Normally this is limited to rural or agricultural settings. Occasionally a treatment may occur in an urban or suburban setting. This may happen in response to local mosquito production or a response to a disease outbreak.
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