The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board
Norfolk County Mosquito Control District
144 Production Road, Suite C, Walpole, MA 02081
(781) 762-3681 fax: (781) 769-6436
Robin L. Chapell Norman P. Jacques Maureen P. MacEachern Linda R. Shea Richard J. Pollack, PhD
Commissioners
David A. Lawson
Director
Caroline E. Haviland
Field Operations Manager
To: Boards of Health
From: David A. Lawson, Director
Date: February 23, 2018
Re: Notice of Aerial Larval Control Application
In accordance with 333 CMR 13.04(7) (a & b), please consider this as notification of the potential spring (and summer if conditions warrant) aerial applications targeting mosquito larvae in the larger wetlands of the District.
The Norfolk County Mosquito Control District will potentially be conducting helicopter applications of the bio rational larvicide Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) to control mosquito larvae, should conditions warrant. Go to the Districts website for targeted spring wetland locations. The summer wetland locations will be posted before any application should it be warranted. These potential applications will be conducted over specific large wetlands in the Towns of:
Avon/Bellingham/Braintree/Canton/Dedham/Dover/Foxboro/Franklin
Holbrook/Medfield/Medway/Millis/Milton/Needham/Norfolk/Norwood
Plainville/Quincy/Randolph/Sharon/Stoughton/Walpole/Westwood
Weymouth/Wrentham.
Any potential applications will be conducted between April 9, and September 28, 2018.
The trade name of the granular formulation of Bti utilized will be any of the following:
VectoBac GR (EPA Reg. #73049-486); VectoBac G (EPA Reg. #73049-10): VectoBac GS (EPA Reg. #73049-10). For further information contact David A. Lawson, Director at (781) 762-3681 Information is also available on line at www.norfolkcountymosquito.org
Respectfully submitted,
David A. Lawson