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INTRODUCTION
Information is being placed on
this web page to educate the public about the efforts being made by
Bingham County to suppress the mosquito population and, thereby, attempt to
reduce the West Nile Virus problem in Bingham County. Bingham County is
actively engaged in assessing the mosquito and West Nile Virus situation and
implementing an abatement plan. Ongoing assessment may result in changes
being made to the abatement plan. Information through this web site is also
intended to educate the public regarding personal measures the public can
take to protect against West Nile Virus and abatement measures that can be
taken around homes and businesses.
Links to various other web sites
and documents are provided on this and other pages. To access the
additional information place your cursor over the colored text and click the
right button on your mouse. That will redirect you to new location.
Documents can be accessed by
clicking on the associated colored-text links. Most documents on this site
are in Adobe Acrobat format. They can only be viewed with an Adobe Acrobat
Reader. If you do not have an Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your
computer, one can be downloaded, free, by clicking the Get Acrobat Reader
button below and following the instructions provided.
On August 31, 2006, Bingham
County received a written declaration of disaster from the State of Idaho.
Therefore, Bingham County will begin implementing its abatement measures as
outlined in the abatement plan.
Idaho
Department of Health & Welfare: FIGHT THE BITE!
Southeastern District Health
Department
Centers for
Disease Control - West Nile Virus
August 24, 2006, at 5:00 p.m.
August 25, 2006, at 4:00 p.m.
August 30, 2006, at 10:30 a.m.
Governor's Press Release
August 30, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.
September 1, 2006, at 4:30 p.m.
September 2, 2006, at 9:30 p.m.
ABATEMENT PLAN
The formal abatement plan can be
viewed by clicking
this link. There are four primary items to the current plan that is
being developed. The primary components of the abatement plan are public
education, application of an adulticide through aerial spraying and fogging,
and application of a larvicide in targeted bodies of water.
The education component of the
plan involves educating the public on how to reduce their risk of becoming
infected by West Nile Virus and what measure they can take to combat
mosquito breeding. There is information provided through the link located
below.
An adulticide is a chemical agent
intended to kill mosquitoes in the adult (flying) stage. Application of an
adulticide will necessarily involve the introduction of chemical agents into
the air. A larvicide refers to a chemical agent intended to kill mosquitoes
in the larval stage. Mosquito larvae are immature mosquitoes that live in
water before maturing into flying adults. Application of a larvicide
involves the introduction of chemical agents to those bodies of water that
are likely breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
For more information on aerial
application, fogging, pellet and briquette applications, and public
education, please use the links below. You will be redirected to a separate
page addressing the corresponding topic.
AERIAL APPLICATION - Click this link to find out more information about
the aerial spraying application.
FOGGING APPLICATION - Click this link
to find out more information about the fogging application.
WATER APPLICATION - Click this link to find out more information about
water-based application of larvicide.
WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN DO - Click this
link to find out more information about mosquitoes, West Nile Virus, and
what the public can do to protect themselves from becoming infected with
West Nile Virus, how to protect their animals from the virus, and what the
public can do to combat mosquito breeding.
Recommended pesticides,
Altosid and
Cy-KickCS, are
available at the Bingham
Cooperative located at 477 W Hwy 26, Blackfoot, Idaho.
Bingham County will begin
reviewing and revising its abatement plan for 2007 as soon as the 2006
measures have been completed..
Bingham County Resolution 2006-20 This resolution was passed on
August 24, 2006, and declares a state of disaster/emergency in Bingham
County with relation to mosquitoes and West Nile virus.
Governor's Proclamation of Disaster
Governor's Implementation
Memorandum
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