| The Buzz is a weekly summary
disseminate important information about mosquitoes and mosquito
control in the City of Portsmouth. |
| Mosquito Activity (Scale from 0 to 5) |
- City wide activity remains a 2 this week due to the regional
presence of West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
- The staff has been very busy dealing with increased mosquito
populations from the heavy rains a few weeks ago. Most of our
efforts this week have been directed towards controlling salt marsh
mosquitoes in Churchland.
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Air Force Aerial Mosquito Spraying |
The Air Force Aerial Spray team is in town this week and next. They
are scheduled to start spraying parts of the peninsula this
afternoon. Some areas in Portsmouth (everything in Portsmouth north
of the western freeway, including Craney Island and the Navy Fuel
Depot) are currently scheduled to be sprayed Saturday October 11,
2008 (weather permitting). Spray operations will be conducted
between the hours of 4:00 pm and sunset. The back up spray days are
Sunday October 12th or Monday October 13th.
Specific details on the spray operations will be posted on the
City's Mosquito Hotline 393-8666 once they are available. |
