Full speed ahead for mosquito control in Golden Triangle
(UNDATED) – AFTER ALL THAT RAINFALL, UP TO FIVE-INCHES IN SOME PLACES,
FROM LAST WEEK YOU MIGHT KNOW THE MOSQUITOS WOULD FOLLOW AND THEY
HAVE.
IT’S IRONIC THAT THIS IS THE WEEK DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL MOSQUITO
CONTROL AWARENESS WEEK AND IT MIGHT BE ARRIVING A LITTLE LATE TO DO ANY
GOOD.
IN TOOLE COUNTY, COMMISSIONER BEN OBER TELLS KSEN THAT THE CITY-COUNTY
FUNDED MOSQUITO DISTRICT HAS BEEN LARVACIDING, TRYING TO PREVENT MOSQUITO
LARVAE FROM DEVELOPING INTO ADULTS, PONDS SINCE MID-APRIL AND THERE
WAS SPRAYING GOING ON SUN. NIGHT WITHIN THE SHELBY CITY LIMITS.
BUT OBER NOTED THAT ONCE SPRAYING BEGINS IT’S USUALLY UP TO A WEEK BEFORE
THE EFFECTS ARE NOTICED.
AND THE ISSUE HERE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE APPARENTLY ISN’T QUITE AS SEVERE
AS TO THE EAST, IN HILL COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE HILL COUNTY MOSQUITO DISTRICT
SUPERVISOR TERRY HILL TELLS THE HAVRE DAILY NEWS THAT THEY WILL NORMALLY COLLECT
250-300 MOSQUITOS IN TRAPS, THIS YEAR ARE FULL TO THE BRIM WITH MORE THAN 4-THOUSAND
INSECTS IN THEM.
A MAJOR CONCERN IS MOSQUITOS TRANSMITTING OR INFECTING PEOPLE WITH THE
WEST NILE VIRUS.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN ASSIST WITH CONTROL BY MAKING SURE STANDING WATER
IS ELIMINATED FROM YOUR PROPERTY……..FOR EXAMPLE WATER IN DOG DISHES, ON TARPS, IN
BARRELS, RAIN GUTTERS AND OLD TIRES TO NAME A FEW.