| SUNDAY | DECEMBER 5, 1999 |
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| MONDAY | DECEMBER 6, 1999 |
| 8:30 AM | Exhibitors Set Up |
| 10:00 AM | Exhibit Booths open - Winslow Room
Registration NMCA Executive Board Meeting |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch on your own |
| 1:00 PM | OPENING SESSION - GOVERNOR CARVER ROOM |
| Moderator - Sarah MacGregor, Dragon Mosquito Control, NH | |
| 1:10 PM | Presidential Address - Sarah MacGregor - President, NMCA |
| 1:25 PM | AMCA Regional Report - Martin Chomsky - North Atlantic Regional Director, AMCA |
| 1:55 PM | AMCA Update - Bill Zawicki - President AMCA |
| 2:25 PM | Excerpts from the Book "Of Plymouth Plantation - Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement 1608-1650" - David Lawson - Norfolk County MCP, MA |
| 2:40 PM | Integrated Marsh Management (IMM) in Connecticut: A Grid Ditch Restoration Project and Fill Removal Project - Paul Capotosto - Wetlands Restoration Biologist, CT Wetlands Habitat & Mosquito Mgmt. Program, CT |
| 3:00 PM | Coffee Break - Exhibitor's Room |
| 3:30 PM | IPM Program - David Boyes - State Environmental Specialist, RI Army National Guard, RI |
| 3:45 PM | Efficacy of Bs. sphaericus Against Cq. perturbans in SE Mass. - Ellen Orrell, Kenneth Ludlum & Ken Eck, - Plymouth County MCP, MA & Jim McNelly, Fran Krenick & Bill Jany, - Clarke Mosquito Control Products, Inc. |
| 3:55 PM | Efficacy of Methoprene Against Cq. perturbans in SE Mass. - Ellen Orrell, Kenneth Ludlum & Ken Eck, - Plymouth County MCP, MA & Jim McNelly, Fran Krenick & Bill Jany, - Clarke Mosquito Control Products, Inc. |
| 4:05 PM | Lyme Disease Vaccine - Dr. Al Demaria - Mass. Dept. of Public Health, MA |
| 4:20 PM | An Introduction to Ae. japonicus - Jamesina Scott - Mosquito Research & Control, Dept. of Entomology, Rutgers University, NJ |
| 4:35 PM | Ovarian Development, Formation of False Dilations, and Feasibility of Dilation Technique for Age Grading Culex pipiens pipiens - Dr. Farida Mahmood, Tadhgh Rainey & Dr. Wayne Crans - Mosquito Research & Control, Dept. of Entomology, Rutgers University, NJ |
| 5:00 PM | NMCA Business Meeting |
| 6:00 PM | President's Reception |
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| TUESDAY | DECEMBER 7, 1999 |
| 8:00 AM | Exhibit Booths open - Winslow Room |
| Exhibitors' Continental Breakfast & Presentations - Governor Carver Room
Moderator - Curtis Best, Central Mass. MCP, Northboro, MA | |
| 9:30 AM | News Updates from Around the Region
Moderator - John J. Smith, Norfolk County MCP, Norwood, MA |
| 9:30 AM | First Report of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Mass. - Dr. John J. Dennehy & Todd Livdahl - Clark University, Worcester, MA |
| 9:50 AM | The Horseflies and Deerflies of Rhode Island - Kristen Bartlett, Univ. of Rhode Island, recipient of the NMCA McColgan Grant-in-Aid |
| 10:10 AM | An Evaluation of Culiseta melanura Emergence and the Impact on EEE Activity - Tadhgh Rainey, Rutgers University, Dept. of Entomology - Daniel M. Jobbins Scholarship recipient
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| 10:30 AM | Coffee Break - Exhibitor's Room |
| 11:00 AM | Arbovirus Activity in Massachusetts & New Hampshire - Christopher Mores, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, MA |
| 11:20 AM | Highlights from Rhode Island Including an Evaluation of a Saltmarsh Water Management Program Project in Westerly, RI - Dr. Alan Gettman, Mosquito Abatement Coordinator, RI Dept. of Environmental Management, RI |
| 11:40 AM | Arbovirus Activity in New York - Dr. John Howard, New York State Dept. of Public Health |
| 12:00 AM noon | Lunch on your own |
| 1:00 PM | General Presentations - West Nile Virus
Moderator - Curtis Best, Central Mass. MCP, Northboro, MA |
| 1:00 PM | West Nile Virus Outbreak in the Northeast US - Dr. Nick Komar, Centers for Disease Control |
| 1:30 PM | Mosquito Abatement Activities in NYC - Wally Terrill, Clarke Mosquito Control Products, Inc. |
| 1:50 PM | Ground Zero: Operational Control during the West Nile Virus Outbreak in Connecticut - Roger Wolfe, Mosquito Mgmt. Coordinator, CT Wetlands Habitat & Mosquito Mgmt. Program, CT |
| 2:10 PM | Wild Birds and West Nile Virus in New Jersey - Dr. Lisa Reed, Jim McNelly, Caroline Keefe, Jamesina Scott, Rutgers University, Dept. of Entomology |
| 2:30 PM | Isolation, Identification and Distribution of West Nile Virus in Birds and Mosquitoes in Connecticut - Dr. Theodore Andreadis, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, CT |
| 3:00 PM | Coffee Break - Exhibitors Room |
| 3:20 PM | The NJ State Mosquito Control Community and their Reaction to NYC's Encephalitis Eradication Program - Robert Kent, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection - Mosquito Control, NJ |
| 3:40 PM | New Jersey's Response to the Outbreak of West Nile Virus in NYC - Dr. Wayne Crans & Jim McNelly, Rutgers University, NJ |
| 4:10 PM | Panel Discussion on the West Nile Outbreak - Dr. Nick Komar, Dr. Wayne Crans, Dr. John Howard, Dr. Theodore Andreadis, Christopher Mores |
| 6:30 PM | Cocktail Reception in Fireside Room |
| 7:00 PM |
Banquet in Governor Carver Room
Photo Salon
Awards
David W. Scott Memorial Award
Robert L. Armstrong Award
Daniel M. Jobbins Scholarship
John J. McColgan Grant-in-Aid
Installation of Officers
Silent Auction Winners
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| WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 8, 1999 |
| 8:00 AM | Exhibit Booths open - Winslow Room |
| 8:30 AM | Chainsaw Safety Course - Meet in Gov. Carver Room (45 person maximum attendance) |
| 8:30 AM | General Presentations
Moderator - David Lawson, Norfolk County MCP, Norwood, MA |
| 8:30 AM | The NJ/PA Cooperative Black Fly Suppression Program - Jim McNelly & Dr. Wayne Crans, Rutgers University, NJ |
| 8:45 AM | The Effects of a Long Term Tidal Cycle on Seasonal Salt Marsh Mosquito Production - David Lawson, Norfolk County MCP, Norwood, MA |
| 9:00 AM | Effectiveness of VectoLex® Against Larvae of Aedes sollicitans on a Mass. Salt Marsh - Dr. Ernest Ruber, Chuong Pham, Northeastern Univ., Walter Montgomery, Jack Card, NE Mass. Mosquito Control & Wetlands Mgmt. & Emma Smith, Summer Fellow, Center for Excellence in Education |
| 9:15 AM | Effectiveness of VectoLex® on Population Densities and Biomass Production of Larval Saltmarsh Aedes sollicitans - Ernest Ruber, Chuong Pham, Northeastern Univ., Walter Montgomery, Jack Card, NE Mass. Mosquito Control & Wetlands Mgmt. & Emma Smith, Summer Fellow, Center for Excellence in Education |
| 9:30 AM | The Effect of Various Environmental Temperatures on the Gonotrophic Cycle of Aedes taeniorhychus - Dr. Farida Mahmood, Erin Hitchner & Dr. Wayne Crans, Mosquito Research & Control, Dept. of Entomology, Rutgers University, NJ |
| 9:50 AM | Coffee Break - Exhibitors Room |
| 10:20 AM | General Presentations
Moderator - Walter Montgomery, NE Mass Mosquito Control & Wetlands Mgmt. District, Andover, MA |
| 10:20 AM | Worries and Woes of Insurance for Mosquito Control - Tomas Sousa, Jean Craig, Ammia Insurance |
| 10:30 AM | Integrated Marsh Management in NH and ME - Michael Morrison, Swamp, Inc. |
| 10:45 AM | Panel Discussion - Aerial Larviciding on Refuges and Federal Reserves - Walter Montgomery, Judy Hansen, Robert Kent, Roger Wolfe, Dominick Ninivaggi |
| 12:00 noon | Closing Remarks |