MASSACHUSETTS MOSQUITO CONTROL 

ANNUAL OPERATIONS REPORT 

2008 Year of Report Date of Report: 4/1/09 

Project/District Name: Berkshire County Mosquito Control Project

Address: 19 HARRIS ST 

City/Town: PITTSFIELD Zip: 01201 

Phone: 413 447-9808 Fax: 413 447-7185 

E-mail: bcmcp@bcn.net 

Report prepared by: JAKE JURGENSON 

If you have a mission statement, please include it here: 

ORGANIZATION SETUP: 

Please list your Commissioner's names: 

DAVID COLBURN,CHAIRMAN 

WALLY TERRILL 

 

Please list the Supt./Director's name: JAKE JURGENSON 

Please list the Supt./Director's contact phone number: 413 447-9808 

Please list your Asst. Supt./Asst. Director's name: 

Do you have a website? No 

If yes, please list the web address here: http:// 

Please list your staffing levels for the year of this report: 

Full time: 1 

Part time: 

Seasonal: 1 

Other: (please describe) 

Please break these down into the following areas: 

Administrative staff: 1 

Field staff: 2 
Please check off all that apply, and list employee name(s) next to each category: 

 Public relations JAKE JURGENSON 

 Information technology 

 Entomologist 

 Wetland Scientist 

 Biologist 

 Education JAKE JURGENSON 

 Laboratory 

 Operations JAKE JURGENSON 

 Facilities JAKE JURGENSON 

 Other (please list) 

For the year of this report, we maintained: 

4 vehicles 

 modified wetland equipment (list type) 

2 ULV sprayers (list type) LONDAN AIR XKE, BECOMIST 

 Larval control equipment (list type) 

Other (please be specific): 

Comments: 

How many cities & towns in your service area? 8 

Please list: BECKET, CLARKSBURG, HINSDALE, OTIS, RICHMOND, SHEFFIELD, 

STOCKBRIDGE, TYRINGHAM 

*Please attach a link to a map of your service area if possible. 

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM): 

DEFINITION: a comprehensive strategy of pest control whose major objective is 

to achieve desired levels of pest control in an environmentally responsible 

manner by combining multiple pest control measures to reduce the need for 

reliance on chemical pesticides; more specifically, a combination of pest controls 

which addresses conditions that support pests and may include, but is not 

limited to, the use of monitoring techniques to determine immediate and ongoing 

need for pest control, increased sanitation, physical barrier methods, the use of 

natural pest enemies and a judicious use of lowest risk pesticides when 

necessary. 

Please check off all of the services that you currently provide to your member cities and 

towns as part of your IPM program; details of these services are in the next sections. 

 Larval mosquito control 

 Adult mosquito control 

 Source reduction 

 Ditch maintenance 
 Open Marsh Water Management 

 Adult mosquito surveillance 

 Education, Outreach & Public education 

 Research 

 Other (please list): 

Comments: 

LARVAL MOSQUITO CONTROL: 

Do you have a larval mosquito suppression program? Yes 

If yes, please describe the purpose of this program: ELIMINATE AND REDUCE 

NUISANCE MOSQUITOES IN MEMBER TOWNS 

Please give the time frame for this program: APRIL THRU MAY 

JUNE, JULY,AUGUST AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL 

Describe the areas that this program is used: VERNAL POOLS, MARSHES, FLOOD 

PLAINS, PASTURES, ROADSIDE DITCHES 

Do you use: 

Ground applied (includes hand, portable and/or backpack) 

Helicopter applications

Other (please list): 

Comments: 

What products do you use in – (please use product name and EPA#) 

Wetlands: VECTOBAC G 275-50 

Catch basins: ALTOSID PELLETS WSP 2724-448 

Containers: VECTOBAC G 

Other (please list): 

Please list the rates of application for the areas listed above: 

Wetlands: 4 LBS. PER ACRE 

Catch basins: 1 PACKET PER BASIN 

Containers: AS NEEDED 

Other: 

What is your trigger for larviciding operations? (check all that apply) 

 Larval dip counts – please list trigger for application: 5-10 LARVE PERDIP 

 Historical records 
 Best professional judgment 

Comments: 

*Please attach a link to maps of treatment areas if possible. 

ADULT MOSQUITO CONTROL: 

Do you have an adult mosquito suppression program? Yes 

If yes, please describe the purpose of this program: REDUCE NUISANCE MOSQUITO 

POPULATIONS IN MEMBER TOWNS

Please give the time frame for this program: JUNE 1 THRU SEPT. 15

Describe the areas that this program is used: PARKS, BALL FIELDS, SUMMER 

CAMPS, CAMPGROUNDS, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, MEMBER TOWN 

STREETS

Do you use: 

Truck applications 

Portable applications 

 Aerial applications

Other (please list): 

Comments: 

Please list the names of the products used with EPA #: 

1). ANVIL 10 + 10 

2). 

3). 

4). 

5). 

6). 

Please list your application rates for each product: 

1). .62 OZS. PER ACRE 

2). 

3). 

4). 

5). 

6). 
Please describe the maximum amounts or frequency used in a particular time frame 

such as season and areas 

 

What is your trigger for adulticiding operations? (check all that apply) 

 Landing rates - please list trigger for application 5 TO 10 MOSQUITOES PER 

MINUTE 

 Light trap data - please list trigger for application 

 Complaint calls - please list trigger for application SURVEILLANCE OF PROPERTY 

 Arbovirus data 

 Best professional judgment 

Comments: 

*Please attach a link to maps of treatment areas if possible. 

SOURCE REDUCTION 

Do you perform source reduction methods such as tire/container removal? Yes 

If yes, please describe your program: WE INSPECT SERVICE REQUEST 

PROPERTIES FOR CONTAINER + TIRE BREEDING AND IF FOUND, WE INFORM 

PROPERTY OWNER AND EITHER DISTRICT STAFF OR OWNER REMOVES 

BREEDING CONTAINERS 

What time frame during the year is this method employed? JUNE THRU MID SEPT.

Comments: 

DITCH MAINTENANCE 

Do you have a ditch maintenance program? Choose one 

Please check all that apply: 

 Inland/freshwater 

 Saltmarsh 

If yes, please describe: 

Please check off all that apply INLAND DITCH MAINTENANCE: 

Hand tools

Mechanized equipment
Other (please list): BRUSH SAWS AND CHAIN SAWS8 

Comments: 

Please check off all that apply SALTMARSH DITCH MAINTENANCE: 

Hand cleaning

Mechanized cleaning

Other (please list): 

Comments: 

Please give an estimate of cumulative length of ditches maintained from the list above 

INLAND: 

Hand cleaning 8.255 LINEAR FEET

Mechanized cleaning 

Other (please list): 

Comments: 

Please give an estimate of cumulative length of ditches maintained from the list above 

SALTMARSH: 

Hand cleaning 

Mechanized cleaning 

Other (please list): 

What time frame during the year is this method employed? 

Comments: 

*Please attach a link to maps of ditch maintenance areas if possible.

OPEN MARSH WATER MANAGEMENT 

Do you have an OMWM program? No 

If yes, please describe: 

Please give an estimate of total square feet or acreage: 

What time frame during the year is this method employed? 

Comments: 
*Please attach a link to maps of OMWM areas if possible. 

ADULT MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE 

Do you have an adult mosquito surveillance program? Choose one 

Please list the number (not location) of MDPH traps in your service area: 

Please check off all the types of surveillance that apply to your program: 

 Gravid traps 

 Resting boxes 

 CDC light traps Canopy 

 CDC light traps w/CO2 Canopy 

 ABC light traps Canopy 

 ABC light traps w/CO2 Canopy 

 NJ light traps Canopy 

 NJ light traps w/CO2 Canopy 

Other (please describe): 

Please describe the purpose of this program: AT TIMES BOH IN MEMBER TOWNS 

REQUEST ADULT MOSQUITO TRAPPING IN AREAS OF HIGH ADULT MOSQUITO

ACTIVITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 

BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE OF STAFF, WHENEVER THERE IS TIME WE DO ADULT 

TRAPPING

Do you maintain long-term trap sites in any of your areas? No 

If yes, please describe how you chose these long-term sites. 

Please check off the species of concern in your service area: 

 Ae. albopictus 

 Ae. cinereus 

 Ae. vexans 

 An. punctipennis 

 An. quadrimaculatus 

 Cq. perturbans 

 Cx. pipiens 

 Cx. restuans 

 Cx. salinarius 

 Cs. melanura 

 Cs. morsitans 

 Oc. abserratus 

 Oc. canadensis 

 Oc. cantator 

 Oc. excrucians 

 Oc. fitchii 

 Oc. j. japonicus 

 Oc. punctor 

 Oc. sollicitans 

 Oc. stimulans 
 Oc. taeniorhynchus 

 Oc. triseriatus 

 Oc. trivittatus 

 Ps. ferox 

 Ur. sapphirina 

 Other (please list): 

Do you participate in the MDPH Arboviral Surveillance program? No 

How many pools do you submit weekly on average? 

Please check off the arboviruses found in your area in the past 5 years: 

 West Nile Virus 

 Eastern Equine Encephalitis 

 Other Please list: 

Did the above listed diseases cause human or horse illnesses? No 

Please explain: 

At what arbovirus risk level did the year begin in your area? (If more than one please 

list) 

WNV: REMOTE 

EEE: REMOTE 

At what arbovirus risk level did the year end in your area? (If more than one please list) 

WNV: REMOTE

EEE: REMOTE

What time frame during the year is this method employed? JUNE THRU AUGUST

Comments: 

*Please attach a link to maps of surveillance areas if possible. 

EDUCATION, OUTREACH & PUBLIC RELATIONS 

Do you have an education/public outreach program program? Yes 

If yes, please describe: 

Please check off all that apply: 
 School based program 

 Website 

 PR brochures/handouts 

 Community events 

 Science fairs 

 Meeting presentations 

 Other (please describe): 

Please give an estimate of attendance/participants in this program: 500

Please list some events you participated in for the year of this report: TOWN 

MEETINGS 

What time frame during the year is this method employed? APRIL TRHU AUGUST 

Have you performed any research projects, efficacy, bottle assays, etc.? Not at this time 

If yes, please elaborate on your research projects: 

Are you involved in any collaborations with academia, industry, environmental groups, 

etc.? Not at this time 

If yes, please elaborate on your collaborations this past year: 

Please provide a list of technical reports, white/grey papers, publication in journal or 

trade magazines, etc. 

Does your staff participate in educational opportunities? Yes 

If yes, please list the training and education your staff received this year: CLARKE 

MOSQUITO WORKSHOPS, NMCA MEETING 

Please list the certifications and degrees held by your staff: PESTICIDE LICENSES 

CATEGORY 47 

Comments: 

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL EFFORTS 

Do you have a biological control program? No 

If yes, please describe: 
Is this program the introduction of mosquito predators or the enhancement of habitat for 

native predators? 

Please check off all that apply: 

 Predatory fish 

 Predatory invertebrates 

 Other (please describe): 

What time frame during the year is this method employed? 

Comments: 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

Does your program use (check all that apply): 

 Computers 

 GIS mapping 

 GPS equipment 

 Computer databases 

 Aerial Photography 

 Other (please describe): 

Please describe your capabilities in these areas: BEGINNER

Please describe your current GIS abilities: None 

Give details if possible on your GIS abilities: 

Please describe any changes/enhancements in this area from the previous year: 

Comments: 

REVENUES & EXPENDITURES 

Please give a concise statement of revenues & expenditures for the prior fiscal year 

ending June 30. 

EXPENDITURES 154,029 REVENUES $ 154,533 

Comments: 
PESTICIDE USAGE 

Please total your pesticide usage with information from your Mass. Pesticide Use 

Report, WNV Larvicide Use records and contracted pesticide applications. Applications 

methods include; hand/backpack, aerial, ULV, mistblower, other (please explain) 

Product Name: VECTOBAC G 

EPA Reg. #: 275-50 

Application method: HAND 

Targeted life stage: Larvae 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 2,490 LBS. 

Comments: 

Product Name: ANVIL 10 + 10 

EPA Reg. #: 1021-1688-8329 

Application method: TRUCK MOUNTED ULV SPRAYERS 

Targeted life stage: Adult 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 85.1 GALLONS 

Comments: 

Product Name: ALTOSID WSP PELLETS 

EPA Reg. #: 2724-448 

Application method: HAND 

Targeted life stage: Larvae 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 3.3 LBS. 

Comments: 

Product Name: 

EPA Reg. #: 

Application method: 

Targeted life stage: Choose one 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 

Comments: 

Product Name: 

EPA Reg. #: 

Application method: 

Targeted life stage: Choose one 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 

Comments: 

Product Name: 

EPA Reg. #: 

Application method: 

Targeted life stage: Choose one 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 
Comments: 

Product Name: 

EPA Reg. #: 

Application method: 

Targeted life stage: Choose one 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 

Comments: 

Product Name: 

EPA Reg. #: 

Application method: 

Targeted life stage: Choose one 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 

Comments: 

Product Name: 

EPA Reg. #: 

Application method: 

Targeted life stage: Choose one 

Total amount of concentrate applied: 

Comments: 

LARGE AREA EXCLUSIONS 

Do you have large areas of pesticide exclusion, such as estimated or priority habitats? 

Yes 

If yes, please explain, and attach maps or a weblink if possible. WE DO HAVE LARGE 

AREAS OF PROIORITY HABITAT, DUE TO LACK OF STAFF WE ARE UNABLE TO 

TREAT THESE AREAS. 

SPECIAL PROJECTS 

Do you perform any inspectional services such as inspections at sewage treatment 

facilities or review sub division plans? No 

If yes, please elaborate 

Do you work with DPW departments or other local or state officials to address 

stormwater systems, clogged culverts or other areas that you have identified as manmade mosquito problem areas? Yes 

If yes, please elaborate: WE CONTACT DPW OFFICIALS CLOGGED CULVERTS, 

BROKEN TUBES ARE FOUND AND EITHER THEY OR US REMOVE BLOCKAGE 
IF POSSIBLE. 

Have you worked with these departments on long term solutions? No 

If yes, please elaborate: 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES PROTECTION ACT 

Is your program impacted by the Children and Families Protection Act? Yes 

If yes, please explain: WE NO LONGER ADULTICIDE SCHOOL PROPERTY, DAY 

CARE CENTERS 

If you have data on compliance with this Act and your program, please list here: 

If you had difficulties with implementation of your program due to this law, please 

elaborate here: 

Comments: 

GENERAL COMMENTS 

Please list any comments not covered in this report: