Northeastern Mosquito Control Association


 

2012 Tentative Programupdated November 28, 2012 07:49:26

 

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:

 

«     Pledge of Allegiance: Color Guard: Lieutenant Commander Robert Smith, Sea Cadets

 

«     Welcome Address

Susan K. Whalen, CT. Dept. of Energy & Env. Protection

 

«     Presidential Address

Roger Wolfe, President NMCA

 

«     AMCA Regional Report

Paul Capotosto, AMCA North Atlantic Regional Director

 

«     AMCA Update

Tom Wilmot, President AMCA

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«     Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Update

Gabrielle Sakolsky-Hoopes, Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project

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«     Connecticut and the War of 1812

Edward Baker, Executive Director, New London County Historical Society

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«     Global Climate Change and Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Theodore G. Andreadis, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

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«     Arbovirus Activity in Connecticut: 2012

John J. Shepard, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

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«     New Hampshire Arboviral and Mosquito Update, 2012

Abigail Mathewson DVM, MPH, NN Division of Public Health Services

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«     Maine Arboviral and Mosquito Update

Megan Saunders, Maine CDC/University of Southern Maine

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«     Rhode Island Arbovirus Summary, 2012

Sinead Grabbert, Rhode Island DEM

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«     2012 Arbovirus Surveillance in Vermont

Alan C. Graham, Vermont Agency of Agriculture

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«     Vector and Adult Mosquito Surveillance in New Jersey, 2012

Lisa Reed, Rutgers University

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«     Pennsylvania Arboviral Update 2012

Jacquelyn A. Hakim, Pocono Tick & Skeeter Control

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«     Arbovirus Activity in Massachusetts: 2012 Season Summary

Cindy Stinson, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health

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«     2012 A Year for the Record Books in Southeastern Massachusetts

Ellen P. Bidlack, Plymouth County Mosquito Control

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«     Evaluation of an area-wide, truck mounted application of FFAST Bti in Monmouth County,

Sean Healy, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission

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«     Tracking EEE Virus Evolution, Overwintering, and Spread in North America by Phylogenetic Analysis       

Phillip Armstrong, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

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«     Vector-Host and Transmission of Arboviruses in the United States

Goudarz Molaei, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

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«     GIS Software Solutions for Managing Mosquito Control Operations           

Ryan Pierson, Electronic Data Solutions

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«     Possible Extirpation of a Species

Thomas Wilmot, Midland County Mosquito Control

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«     Agricultural Ditch Maintenance, Bolton Flats Wildlife Mgmt. Area

Katrina Proctor, Central Mass Mosquito Control Project

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«     The Restoration of Allyn Brook in Durham, CT  

Paul Capotosto, CT DEEP WHAMM Program

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«     Collaboration Norwood University Ave Project NW

Caroline E. Haviland, Norfolk County Mosquito District

 

«     Integrated Marsh Management at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, Long Island New York

Dominick Ninivaggi, Division of Vector Control, Suffolk County, NY, DPW

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«     A Structured Decision Making Approach to Mosquito Control on FWS Refuges

Susan C. Adamowicz, US Fish & Wildlife Service

 

«     Innovations in Soil Stabilization

Pete Hanrahan, CPESC, EJ Prescott Inc.,

 

«     Compliance with the Hazard Communication Standard and the New GHS

Jennifer R. Tetreault, HazCommpliance, LLC

 

«     Pesticide Storage

Taryn LaScola, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

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«     Workshop: Sentinel GIS and Field Seeker Data Collection Options (concurrent session)

 

«     Emergency West Nile Virus Aerial Response in Metro Dallas, TX

Clark Wood, Clarke Inc.

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«     Fighting a Legislative Ban against Mosquito Control Pesticides

Mark Newberg, Central Life Sciences

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«     Efficacy of Spheratax SPH WSP and FourStar 45 Day Briquets against Culex spp. Larvae in Massachusetts Catch Basins

Doug Bidlack, East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project

 

«     Comparison of Synergized and Non-Synergized Adulticides

Jeff O’Neil, Central Life Sciences

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«     Insecticide Resistance Management

Jack Petersen, Rutgers University

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«     Parasites: What a Way To Make A Livin

Joe Conlon, AMCA Technical Advisor

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«     Anatomy of Mosquito Larvae from a Submariners Perspective

Herbert Nyberg, New Mountain Innovations

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«     Pyrethroid Cumulative Risk Assessment Study

Charles Smith, US EPA 

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«     US EPA, NPDES Pesticide Usage Reporting

Andrea Szylvian, US EPA, Toxics and Pesticides Unit of EPA Region 1.

 

«     Closing Remarks

Timothy McGlinchy, NMCA President

 


 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

 

Mosquitoes and Rain Gardens/Bioretention Basins

Aya Obara, Boston University School  of Public Health

 

CMMCP and Westford Living Lab: Synergy in the Classroom

Curtis Best and Julianna Miller, Central Mass Mosquito Control

 

An Innovative Use of and Old Idea – From Salt Hay Farming to Debris Removal

Paul Capotosto, Frank Shaw, and Roger Wolfe, CT DEEP WHAMM Program

 

Development of Alternative Carbon Dioxide Source,

Frank Cornine III and John Prohaska, Central Mass Mosquito Control & Blackstone Photonics

 

Invasion of the Bloodsuckers: A traveling exhibit on loan from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History