### 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: PITTSFIEL D 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, pleas e 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./Ass t. 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: 2Please 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 equi pment (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, HINS DALE, 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 speci fically, a combination of pest controls which addresses conditions that support pests and may include, but is not limited to, the use of monitoring tec hniques 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 serv ices that you currently provid e 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 maintenanceOpen Marsh Water Management Adult mosquito surveillance Education, Outreach & Public education

Research Other (please list):

Comments:

LARVAL MOSQUI TO CONTROL:

Do you have a larval mosqui to 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 fo r 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 applicat ion 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 larvicid ing operations? (check all that apply)

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

Historical recordsBest professional judgment

Comments:

*Please attach a link to maps of treat ment 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, RESIDEN TIAL 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 adulticidi ng operations? (check all that apply)

Landing rates - please list trigger fo r 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 tr eatment 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 BR EEDING AND IF FOUND, WE INFORM

PROPERTY OWNER AND EITHER DIST RICT STAFF OR OWNER REMOVES

BREEDING CONTAINERS

What time frame during the year is th is 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 appl y INLAND DITCH MAINTENANCE:

Hand tools Mechanized equipmentOther (please list): BRUS H 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 s quare 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 lo cation) of MDPH traps in your service area:

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

Gravid traps Resting boxes CDC light traps Canopy CDC light traps w/CO 2 Canopy ABC light traps Canopy ABC light traps w/CO 2 Canopy NJ light traps Canopy NJ light traps w/CO 2 Canopy

Other (please describe):

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

REQUEST ADULT MOSQUITO TRAPPIN G IN AREAS OF HIGH ADULT MOSQUITO

ACTIVITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE OF STAFF, WHENEVER THERE IS TIME WE DO ADUL T

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. stimulansOc. taeniorhynchus

Oc. triseriatus

Oc. trivittatus Ps. ferox Ur. sapphirina

Other (please list):

Do you participate in the MDPH Ar boviral 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 ca use human or horse illnesses? No

Please explain:

At what arbovirus risk level did the year begi n 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 sur veillance 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, effi cacy, bottle assays, etc. ? Not at this time

If yes, please elaborate on your research projects:

Are you involved in any collaborations wit h academia, industry, environmental groups,

etc.? Not at this time

If yes, please elaborate on your collabor ations this past year:

Please provide a list of technical reports, wh ite/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 enhance ment 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 y our 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 contract ed pesticide applications. Applications methods include; hand/backpack, aerial, UL V, mistblower, other (please explain)

Product Name: VECTOBAC G EPA Reg. #: 275-50 Application method: HAND Targeted life stage: Larvae

Total amount of concentr ate applied: 2,490 LBS.

Comments:

Product Name: ANVIL 10 + 10 EPA Reg. #: 1021-1688-8329 Application method: TRUC K MOUNTED ULV SPRAYERS Targeted life stage: Adult

Total amount of concentr ate applied: 85.1 GALLONS

Comments:

Product Name: ALTOSID WSP PELLETS EPA Reg. #: 2724-448 Application method: HAND Targeted life stage: Larvae

Total amount of concentr ate 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 exclusi on, 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 depar tments or other local or state officials to address stormwater systems, clogged culv erts or other areas that y ou 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 BLOCKAGEIF 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 Child ren 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: