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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms |
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Overview of the Plan |
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Executive Summary |
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Overview of the Plan |
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1. Goals and Objectives |
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1.1 Goals
of the Long-Term Plan..............................................................................................
1.2 Discussion..............................................................................................................
1.3 Objectives..............................................................................................................
1.4 Mosquitoes
of Suffolk County................................................................................
1.5 Environmental
Settings of Concern.........................................................................
1.6 Legal
Authority for Mosquito Management............................................................
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2. Public
Education and Outreach |
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2.1 Public Education....................................................................................................................
2.2 No-Spray
Registry....................................................................................................
2.3 Notification................................................................................................................
2.4 Website.....................................................................................................................
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3. Surveillance |
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3.1 Background..........................................................................................................................
3.2 Larval
Mosquito Populations.....................................................................................
3.3 Adult
Mosquito Populations.......................................................................................
3.4 Complaint
Reporting and Hotline Response.................................................................
3.5 Disease
Monitoring......................................................................................................
3.6 Mosquito
Surveillance and Control Unit Upgrades......................................................
3.7 Data
Management.......................................................................................................
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4. Source
Reduction |
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4.1 Background................................................................................................................
4.2 Household
and Institutional Source Reduction...........................................................
4.3 Water
Management....................................................................................................
4.4 Source
Reduction Summary......................................................................................
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5. Biocontrols |
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5.1 Introduction................................................................................................................
5.2 Vertebrate
Predators................................................................................................
5.3 Non-Vertebrate
Control Agents................................................................................ |
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6. Larval Mosquito
Control........................................................................................................ |
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6.1 Background
Information........................................................................................................
6.2 Surveillance...............................................................................................................
6.3 Mosquito
Problem Identification.................................................................................
6.4 Larval
Treatment Selection.........................................................................................
6.5 Selected
Compounds.................................................................................................
6.6 Formulations
and Uses...............................................................................................
6.7 Efficacy
Measurements..............................................................................................
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7. Control
of Adult Mosquitoes.................................................................................................. |
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7.1 Background
Information.......................................................................................................
7.2 Alternatives
to Adulticides.........................................................................................
7.3 Treatment
Decisions..................................................................................................
7.4 Selected
Pesticides....................................................................................................
7.5 Formulations..............................................................................................................
7.6 Application
Methods.................................................................................................
7.7 Resistance
Concerns...............................................................................................
7.8 Efficacy
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8. Administration........................................................................................................................
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8.1 Organization........................................................................................................................
8.2 Professional
Education............................................................................................ |
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9. Technology
Assessment......................................................................................................
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9.1 Data
Management...............................................................................................................
9.2 Wetlands
Equipment Needs.......................................................................................
9.3 Adulticiding
Issues.....................................................................................................
9.4 Laboratory
Issues...................................................................................................... |
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10. Adaptive
Management.........................................................................................................
10.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................
10.2 Structures
and Mechanisms....................................................................................
10.3 Examples
of Areas of Adaptive Management........................................................
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11. Resource
Commitments..........................................................................................................
11.1 Personnel.................................................................................................................
11.2 Equipment
and Other Capital Needs.........................................................................
11.3 Ancillary
Funding...................................................................................................... |
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12. Implementation
Recommendations............................................................................................
12.1 Actions
by County Program Managers in SCDPW and SCDHS..................................
12.2 Actions
by County Executive and Legislature...........................................................
12.3 Actions
by Other Local Government.........................................................................
12.4 Actions
by State or Federal Governments.................................................................
12.5 Actions
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TABLE OF TABLES |
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Overview
Table 1: Adulticide Decision Parameters....................................................................
Overview Table 2: Long-Term Plan Accomplishments
to Date (October 2006).........................
Table 1: Mosquitoes of Suffolk County......................................................................................
Table 2: Mosquito Species of Concern in Suffolk
County..........................................................
Table 3: Geographic Designations for Larval
Surveillance........................................................
Table 4: Landing Rate and Bite Count Data
Collection Protocol.................................................
Table 5: Service Requests, 2000-2005.....................................................................................
Table 6: Fresh Water Wetlands with a History
of EEE...............................................................
Table 7: Fresh Water Wetlands with a History
of WNV............................................................
Table 8: Location and Trap Types Used in
Mosquito Surveillance at FINS.................................
Table 9: Proposed First-Order Indices for
Marsh Health in Suffolk County...............................
Table 10: Management Activities with No or Minimal Impacts......................................................
Table 11: Management Activities with Minor Impacts...................................................................
Table 12: Management Activities with Potentially Significant
Impacts..........................................
Table 13: Management Activities with Potential Major
Impacts.....................................................
Table 14: Interim Management/Ongoing Maintenance Actions.....................................................
Table 15: Source Reduction Summary.........................................................................................
Table 16: Summary of the Human Health Risk Assessment
for Larvicides................................
Table 17: Summary of the Ecological Risk Assessment for
Larvicides......................................
Table 18: Larvicide Decision Table.............................................................................................
Table 19: Adulticide Decision Parameters..................................................................................
Table 20. Acres Treated with Adulticide under Vector
Control Determinations........................
Table 21: NYSDOH Four-Tiered WNV Strategy..........................................................................
Table 22: Summary of the Human Health Risk Assessment
for Adulticides..............................
Table 23: Summary of the Ecological Risk Assessment for
Adulticides....................................
Table 24: Action Items Summary..............................................................................................
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TABLE
OF FIGURES |
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Figure 1: Surveillance
Sites........................................................................................................
Figure 2: New Jersey Light Trap Locations...............................................................................
Figure 3: CDC Trap Locations....................................................................................................
Figure 4: Overall Wetlands Management...................................................................................
Figure 5: Vector Control Decision Tree......................................................................................
Figure 6. 2003 Vector Control Applications...............................................................................
Figure 7: 2005 Vector Control Applications and Biting Mosquito Complaints..............................
Figure 8: Health Emergency Decision Tree................................................................................ |
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APPENDICES
Appendix 1. Pesticide Labeling Requirements
The Revised Wetlands Management Plan (October 2006)
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Integrated Mosquito Management
