### MASSACHUSETTS MOSQUITO CONTROL

ANNUAL OPERATIONS REPORT



## 2008 Year of Report Date of Report: 04/11/09

Project/District Name: Suffolk County Mosquito Control Project

Address: 39 Industrial Dr.

City/Town: Hyde Park Zip: 02136

Phone: 617-361-4954 Fax: 617-361-4954

E-mail: BALSCMCP1974@yahoo.com

Report prepared by: Bruce A. Landers

If you have a mission statement, please include it here: Prov ide a scientifically based, cost effective program to control mos quitoes and the diseases they transmit

ORGANIZATION SETUP:

Please list your Commissioner's names:

Francis W. Gens

Anna Todesca Kimberly Martin

Shan Shan Cai

Robecca Robish

Please list the Supt./Direc tor's name: Bruce A. Landers Please list the Supt./Director' s contact phone number: 617-361-4954 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: 2

Part time:

Seasonal: 1 Other: (please describe)Please break these down into the following areas:

Administrative staff: 1.5

Field staff: 1.5

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

Public relations Bruce A. Landers Information technology same Entomologist same

Wetland Scientist Biologist same

Education same Laboratory same Operations same

Facilities same Other (please list)

For the year of this report, we maintained:

3 vehicles 0 modified wetland equipment (list type) 2 ULV sprayers (list type) Cougar, Leco 2 Larval control equipment (lis t type) Solo 123 backpacks Other (please be specific): Solo 423 motorized backpack mistblower

Comments:

How many cities & towns in your service area? 2

Please list: Boston and Chelsea

*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 maintenance Open Marsh Water Management Adult mosquito surveillance Education, Outreach & Public education

Research Other (please list):

Comments: Ditch maintenance with hand tools only.

LARVAL MOSQUI TO CONTROL:

Do you have a larval mosqui to suppression program? Yes

If yes, please describe the purpose of this program: To minimize the future adult mosquito population and minimize need to apply adulticides to control them

Please give the time frame for this program: March - October

Describe the areas that this program is used: Fresh and saltwater wetland and both

natural and manmade

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: Teknar HPD #70051-51

Catch basins: Vectolex WSP #73049-20 and Altosid Pellets WSP #2724-448

Containers: Vectolex WSP, Altosid WSP, Teknar HPD

Other (please list) : Vectolex WSP and Altosid WSP can also be applied to small areas

other than containers and catchbasins.

Please list the rates of applicat ion for the areas listed above:

Wetlands: 1pint Teknar HPD in 2.5 gals.water/acre

Catch basins: 1 water soluable packet/basin

Containers: water soluable packet or squirt of Teknar HPD mix ( 1pt./2.5gal.water)Other:

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

Larval dip counts – please list trigger for ap plication: Sample area to determine whether there are sufficient numbers to begi n treating and then continue to sample and spray until larvae no longer are found

Historical records Best professional judgment

Comments: Rainfall and monthly high tides on sa ltmarshes are tracked daily and breeding areas that are effect ed are subsequently sampled

*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: To control mosquitoes at a level

where residents can utilize thei r outdoor environment and to ac t to control disease

vectors to protect public hea lth should it become necessary

Please give the time fram e for this program: May - September

Describe the areas that this program is used: Parks,residential areas

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+10ULV #1021-1688-8329 2). Flit-10EC #8329-67 3). 4). 5). 6).

Please list your application rates for each product:1). 2 gals. Anvil 10+10 plus 3.5 gals.soyb ean oil @ either 1.5oz./min. or 3oz./min. (higher rate for open areas with 300ft. swath) 2). Flit-10EC is a barrier spray containing 6.5oz product./gal. water 3). 4). 5). 6).

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

such as season and areas

Most areas get no adulticiding, some would get 2-4 treatment s, a few located next to breeding areas receive more if needed. Wit hout an emergency, there would be 7 day period between applications

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

Landing rates - please list trigger for applic ation Enough to make you stop what you're doing and go indoors. Light trap data - please list trigger for application Greater than 200/night Complaint calls - please list trigger for application Complaint calls get investigated

Arbovirus data Best professional judgment

Comments: The more rain, particularly the number of larger storms and also the height

of saltmarsh tides that occur that season ar e the most important factors in creating a need for adulticiding. 2008 did not produce the large hatches in July and August that required a lot of adulticiding.

*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: A bandoned tires can be treated with larvicides and/or reported to city public health

What time frame during the year is this method employed?

Comments:

DITCH MAINTENANCE

Do you have a ditch maintenance program? YesPlease check all that apply:

Inland/freshwater

Saltmarsh

If yes, please describe: Remove blockages from ditches and culverts

Please check off all that appl y INLAND DITCH MAINTENANCE:

Hand tools Mechanized equipment Other (please list):

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 300 ft. 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? spring

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: To evaluate both the size and species

makeup of the mosquito population. Gravids also provide specemens for virus testing

by State Labs

Do you maintain long-term trap sites in any of your areas? Yes

If yes, please describe how you chose thes e long-term sites. Near breeding areas

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

Ae. albopictus Ae. cinereusAe. 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): Most of the species not checke d above are present but less of a problem than others.

Do you participate in the MDPH Ar boviral Surveillance program? Yes

How many pools do you submit weekly on average? 25

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? Yes

Please explain:

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

WNV: Moderate

EEE: Low

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

WNV: High

EEE: Low

What time frame during the year is this method employed? June- September

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: 2008 Program was minimal due to lack of requests. Most activity is cooperative with local public health

Please check off all that apply:

School based program

Website

PR brochures/handouts Community events

Science fairs Meeting presentations Other (please describe): Provide science and support for the Boston Public Health Commission's catchbasin treatment program.

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

Please list some events you participated in fo r the year of this report:

What time frame during the year is this method employed?

Have you performed any research projects, efficacy, bottle assays, etc.? Please select

If yes, please elaborate on your research projects:

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

etc.? Please select

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: NMCA Annual Meeting

Please list the certifications and degrees held by your staf f: Supt. M.Ag Entomology . Secretary and Seasonal staff have BA degreesComments:

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:

Please describe your current GIS abilities: Beginner

Give details if possible on y our GIS abilities:

Please describe any changes/enhancements in this area from the previous year: Purchased sprayer that maps its spray route

Comments:REVENUES & EXPENDITURES

Please give a concise statement of revenues & expenditures for the prior fiscal year ending June 30.

$202,022.95

Comments: Revenues: $234,637.97

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: Teknar HPD EPA Reg. #: 70051-51 Application method: Non-motorized backpack Targeted life stage: Larvae Total amount of concentrate applied: 7gal.

Comments:

Product Name: Vectolex WSP EPA Reg. #: 73049-20 Application method: Hand Targeted life stage: Larvae Total amount of concentrate applied: 768

Comments:

Product Name: Altosid Pellets WSP EPA Reg. #: 2724-448 Application method: Hand Targeted life stage: Larvae Total amount of concentrate applied: 605

Comments:

Product Name: Anvil 10+10 ULV EPA Reg. #: 1021-1688-8329 Application method: Leco or Cougar ULV by truck Targeted life stage: Adult Total amount of concentrate applied: 13.2 gal.

Comments:

Product Name: Flit -10EC EPA Reg. #: 8329-67Application method: Motorized backpack Targeted life stage: Adult Total amount of concentrate applied: 1.4 gal.

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. These areas receive only BTI larvicides such as Teknar HPD

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Do you perform any inspectional services such as inspections at sewage treatment facilities or review sub division plans? Please choose oneIf 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 you have ident ified as manmade mosquito problem areas? No

If yes, please elaborate: Not in 2008 season

Have you worked with these departments on long term solutions? Please choose one

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: Avoid schools during school year

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: