Northeastern Mosquito Control Association


 

Tentative Programupdated November 23, 2011 15:13:46

 

Note: this is a running list; dates and times will not be finalized until sometime in late November – please check back often for revisions. Abstracts are included if they have been received by the NMCA Editor.

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

 

«     NMCA President’s Address

Roger Wolfe, NMCA President

 

«     AMCA Update

Bill Meredith, AMCA President

ABSTRACT

 

«     Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Update

Gabi Sakolsky, Cape Cod MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     Vector and Adult Mosquito Surveillance in New Jersey, 2011

Lisa Reed, Rutgers University

ABSTRACT

 

«     National Legislative & Regulatory Issues Update

Bill Meredith, AMCA President

ABSTRACT

 

«     2011 Maine Arboviral Update

Megan Saunders, Maine CDC

ABSTRACT

 

«     Arbovirus Activity in Connecticut, 2011

John Shepard, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

ABSTRACT

 

«     2011 Arbovirus Surveillance in Vermont

Alan Graham, VT Agency of Agriculture

ABSTRACT

 

«     Pennsylvania Arboviral Update

Mike Hutchinson, PA Dept. of Environmental Protection

 

«     New Hampshire State Report

Elizabeth Daly, NH Dept. of Health & Human Services

ABSTRACT

 

«     Prevalence of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Maine Wild Turkeys Meleagris gallopavo 

Charles Lubelczyk, Maine Medical Center Research Institute

ABSTRACT

 

«     2011 Season in Review

Priscilla Matton, Bristol County MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     Oviposition Site Selection of Aedes japonicus   

Melissa Hardstone, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

ABSTRACT

 

«     2008 Ice Storm of New England: Drainage Maintenance and Stream Cleaning at Shea Brook, Fitchburg, MA 

Katrina Proctor, Central Mass. MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     Integrated Marsh Management on the Continental Marsh in Stonington, CT

Paul Capotosto, CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection

ABSTRACT

 

«     Working on the Railroad, New Bedford, MA

Steve Burns, Bristol County MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     Water Management at the Brenton Cove Saltmarsh, Newport, RI

Al Gettman, RI Dept. of Environmental Management

 

«     Stormwater Storage & Treatment

Pete Hanrahan, EJ Prescott, Inc.

 

«     How to Handle Sensitive Areas/Incidents

Taryn LaScola, Mass. Pesticide Bureau

ABSTRACT

 

«     Barrier Application Strategy for Mosquito Management

Jeff O’Neil, Central Life Sciences

ABSTRACT

 

«     The Contributions of Culex pipiens Complex  Mosquitoes to Transmission and Persistence of West Nile Virus in North America 

Ted Andreadis, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

ABSTRACT

 

«     The Other Cost of Insecticide Resistance

Janet McAllister, Centers for Disease Control

ABSTRACT

 

«     FourStar SBG – Your Latest Larvicide Tool

Jim Barr & David Sjogren, FourStar Microbial Products

 

«     Mosquito Control & Social Networking

Tim Deschamps, Central Mass. MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     Cell Phone Applications

Kristen Bartlett-Healy, Burlington County Health Dept.

 

«     Pulsed Hydrology Drives Soil-Plant Interactions in Salt Marshes 

David Burdick, University of New Hampshire

ABSTRACT

 

«     Arboviruses of Public Health Importance in the US

John-Paul Mutebi, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

 

«     Mosquito Awareness Education for Local Seniors

Frank Cornine III, Central Mass. MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     History of Public Health Entomology at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

John Anderson, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

ABSTRACT

 

«     NPDES/NOI

Bob Kubit, MA Dept. of Environmental Protection

 

«     EPA NPDES Pesticides General Permit

George Papadopoulos, US Environmental Protection Agency

ABSTRACT

 

«     Closing Remarks

Roger Wolfe, NMCA President

 

«     Copepods: A Not-So-New-Bio-Control Agent for New Jersey

Bob Kent, New Jersey Department of Protection

ABSTRACT

 

«     Characteristics of and Laboratory Efficacy Evaluations for a New Formulation of the Microbial Larvicide, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Joe Barile, Bayer Environmental Science

ABSTRACT

 

«     Arbovirus Activity in Massachusetts: 2011 Season Summary

M. Cynthia Stinson, Mass. Department of Public Health

ABSTRACT

 

«     Rhode Island 2011 Arbovirus Update

Haley Fiske & Chelsea Schinigoi, Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management

 

«     An Evaluation of 90 Day FourStar Briquets in Wading Pools

Haley Fiske & Chelsea Schinigoi, Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management

 

«     The Use of Predictive Models in an IPM Approach to Container Inhabiting Mosquito Control 

Sean Healy, Monmouth County Mosquito Commission

ABSTRACT

 

«     Promoting Mosquito Awareness among Elementary School Students, Part III

Curtis Best & Juliana Miller, Central Mass. MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     A Progress Report: Development of a Chemical Co2 Source for Mosquito Collection

John Prohaska, Blackstone Photonics & Frank Cornine III, Central Mass MCP

ABSTRACT

 

«     Facilitation Among Invasive Mosquitoes

Andrea Egizi & Dina Fonseca, Rutgers University

ABSTRACT

 

«     Integrated Marsh Management on the Continental Marsh, Stonington, CT

Paul Capotosto, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Wildlife Division, Wetlands Habitat and Mosquito Management (WHAMM) Program

ABSTRACT

 

«     Sentinel™ GIS Product Updates and Enhancements

Ryan Pierson & Linda Dean, Electronic Data Solutions

ABSTRACT

 

«     Effect of Impounding Water on Salt Marshes

Susan Adamowicz, US Fish & Wildlife Service

ABSTRACT

 


 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

 

«     Preliminary observations over eight years concerning three promising, non- mechanized, baited mosquito traps for capturing Culex pipiens, Culex restuans and Aedes aegypti eggs, egg rafts, and adults.

Kirby Kloter, New Orleans Mosquito Control (retired)

 

«     Summer 2011 Northeast Weather Recap

Nate Boonisar, Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project

 

«     Water Management Program, North Main St. Bellingham, MA  Combination Excavation-Intensive Hand/Brush Clearing Project BE1102

Caroline Havilland, Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project

 

«     Pesticide Resistance in Central Massachusetts

Frank Cornine, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project

 

«     Mosquito Larval Control by Helicopter

Frank Cornine & Tim Deschamps, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project

 

«     Integrated Marsh Management on the Continental Marsh, Stonington, CT

Paul Capotosto, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Wildlife Division, Wetlands Habitat and Mosquito Management (WHAMM) Program

 

«     Streambank Stabilization, Erosion Control and Fisheries Habitat Enhancement of Selected Streams in Connecticut

Brian Murphy, Paul Capotosto & Roger Wolfe,  CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Wildlife Division, Wetlands Habitat and Mosquito Management (WHAMM) Program