Northeastern Mosquito Control Association
Tentative Program – updated November 17,
2008
Note: this is a running
list; dates and times will not be finalized until sometime in mid-November
– please check back often for revisions. Abstracts are included if they
have been received.
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NMCA President’s Address
Emily Sullivan – NMCA
President
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AMCA Update
William Reinert – AMCA
Northeast Regional Director
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Relationship between Rotifers & Mosquitoes
Anwar Bilgrami & Peter
Bosak –
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Current Technology for Jobsite Sediment Control
Peter Hanrahan –
Everett J. Prescott, Inc.
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Using a Commercial GPS Unit to Locate Adulticide
Exclusion Areas in
Timothy Deschamps –
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Preventive Maintenance for Microscopes
Steven Donahue, Gary Solomon
& Nicholas Langione – Alert Scientific, Inc.
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Developing a Service Request Guidance System
Suzanne Luinis – True
North Mapping, Inc
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Winterization of Outdoor Power Equipment &
Discussion of Personal Protective Equipment
James Howells –
Northeast STIHL, Inc.
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Risk Communication
Taryn LaScola –
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Sean Healy –
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Effect of ULV Larviciding with Vectobac 12AS on Aedes albopictus in Delaware
Chris Lesser – DE Dept
of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
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Season Summary for Bristol County Mosquito Control
Project 2008
Wayne Andrews &
Priscilla Matton – Bristol County MCP
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Utilization of Resting Boxes for EEE Evaluation in
Southeastern Massachusetts
Priscilla Matton & Wayne
Andrews – Bristol County MCP
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Bottle Assays of Field Collected Mosquitoes for Level
of Resistance to Anvil® 10+10 in Central Mass.
Frank Cornine III –
Central Mass. MCP
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Epizootiology of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in
the Northeastern United States: Lessons from the Mosquito Blood Feeding
Behavior
Goudarz Molaei, Theodore G.
Andreadis, Joanne Oliver, John J. Howard, Wayne N. Andrews, Curtis Best,
Esteban Cuebas-Incle, Matthew A. Osborne, and Sandra Smole
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Etofenprox - Field Trials in the
United States using Zenivex, a New Adulticide
William Reynolds – Central
Life Sciences
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Failure of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes Albopictus to Overwinter Following
Introduction and Seasonal Establishment at a Tire Recycling Plant in
Connecticut
Theodore Andreadis –
CT Agricultural Experiment Station
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Genetic Variation in Populations of Culex Pipiens from the Northeastern and
Midwestern United States
Shaoming Huang, Goudarz
Molaei and Theodore G. Andreadis – CT Agricultural Experiment Station
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Arbovirus Activity in Connecticut, 2008
John Shepard – CT
Agricultural Experiment Station
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Rhode Island Update – 2008
Al Gettman – RI Dept. of Environmental Management
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Vertebrate Hosts and Amphibian Trypanosomes from a
Potential Invertebrate Vector, Culex
Territans Walker (Diptera: Culicidae)
Kristen Bartlett-Healy
– Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University
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Assessment of Hydrologic Alteration on Salt Marsh
Communities along the Atlantic Coast
Mary Jane James-Pirri
– Graduate School of
Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
«
Military
Medical Entomology 1865-1939: An Awakening
Joe
Conlon – AMCA Technical Advisor
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Utilizing “Sentinel GIS” for Mosquito
Larviciding Applications
David Sykes – B&G
Chemicals
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New Efforts and Novel Strategies to Reduce the Impact
of Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease
Nathan Miller –
University of Rhode Island
«
Arbovirus Activity in Massachusetts: 2008 Season
Summary and Review of Climate and Vectors in Relation to WNV Disease
M. Cynthia Stinson –
Mass. Department of Public Health
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Preliminary Experiment on the Efficacy of Flit 10EC
Barrier Treatment in Plymouth County
Steve Gillett & Ellen
Bidlack – Plymouth County Mosquito Control
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Arboviral Update for New Hampshire – 2008
Jason Stull – NH Dept.
of Health & Human Services
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Pennsylvania State Report – 2008
Andy
Kyle/Mike Hutchinson – PA Dept. of Environmental Protection. Sarah O'Brien presenting.
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Impacts of Global Warming on Coastal Resources in the
Northeast
Janet Freedman – RI
Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council
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Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (Long Island, NY)
Water Management Demonstration Project: The First Five Years
David Tonjes – Stony
Brook University Dept. of Technology & Society
«
Vector and Adult Mosquito Surveillance in New Jersey,
2008
Lisa Reed, Scott Crans, Dina Fonseca, Marc Slaff and
Randy Gaugler – Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University
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A Snapshot of Genzyme's Humanitarian Assistance for
Neglected Disease (HAND) Program
Carol M. Sherako –
Genzyme Corp.
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VectoMax CG (Bacillus
thuringiensis israelensis and Bacillus
sphaericus) Aerial Larvicide Trial in Norfolk County, MA
Channsotha Suom,
Entomologist – Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project
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Identifying Signs of Nesting in Birds to Reduce
Impacts from Mosquito Control Activities
Carolyn Mostello – MA
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species
Program
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Implementing Ditch Maintenance Programs with Respect
to Turtle Biology and Behaviors
Lori Erb – MA Division
of Fisheries and Wildlife, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
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Open Marsh Water Management in Northeast
Massachusetts: A Ten Year Review
Robyn Januszewski –
Northeast Mass Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District
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Hand-held Thermal Fog Field Trials with DUET ® Against
Caged Mosquitoes and Ticks
Paul Clayson – Mercer County Mosquito Control
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Shepherding our Industry, How a Molecule Becomes a
New Product
Fran Krenick & Jim
McNelly – Clarke Mosquito Control
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Maine State Report
Speaker TBA