Agenda: Edina - Mosquito Control Efforts - Early June 2024
Mosquito Larval Surveillance and Prevention
Aerial Drone Delivery of Mosquito Control Agents
Vector-Borne Disease Prevention
Residential Property Inspections and Community Engagement
Full Document Analysis
Notable Quotes (4)
all we're doing is dipping the water uh to see if there's any larvae present and sometimes the larae are really really small
that's the active ingredient um and basically it's a bacterium derivative uh that kind of once it's in the water it disperses and gets absorbed by the mosquito and kills them
it's much more environmentally conscious if you're just applying the material to the wetlands
Vector mosquitoes are mosquitoes that can transmit disease so either they they pick it up from uh like the bird population for instance with West Nile and then they transmit that to uh or potentially could transmit that to humans when they bite a human
Ordinances & Resolutions (1)
Public-facing online resource showing inspection and treatment history of wetlands within the district, updated to reflect 30-day surveillance cycles.