[SEMCO] “From A to Zika, Mosquito Control on Cape Cod - What you need to Know”

[wbuesseler at comcast.net]

“From A to Zika, Mosquito Control on Cape Cod - What you need to Know” 




is the title of the featured talk at the Oyster Pond Environmental Trust’s (OPET) Annual Meeting. Gabrielle Sakolsky, Assistant Superintendent and Entomologist of the Barnstable County Cape Cod Mosquito Control, will talk about the efforts here on the Cape to trap, monitor and control mosquitoes and their diseases. 








Ms. Sakolsky’s talk will follow a short update by OPET on their past year's accomplishments. The public is welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. The meeting and talk will be held in the Hermann Room at the Falmouth Main Public Library at 300 Main St Falmouth on Thursday, Aug 4 th at 7pm. 



Although the risk of a Zika outbreak here is extremely low, other mosquito borne diseases such as West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis are of concern. West Nile was recently detected in a mosquito trapped in a catch basin in Woods Hole. Ms. Sakolsky will also discuss what you can do to reduce the numbers of mosquitos on your property and how to limit your exposure. 



In 1993, Ms. Sakolsky was hired as the fulltime project entomologist at Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project where she serves as Staff Entomologist and Assistant Superintendent. She has conducted and directed the mosquito arbovirus surveillance program for Barnstable County over the past 23 years. She has designed a new trap to study mosquito populations that is currently being tested in several Atlantic states, and has worked on several international studies in Canada and Africa. 



Additional information on the meeting and OPET can be found at www.opet.org. 

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Wendi Buesseler 
Executive Director 
Oyster Pond Environmental Trust 
508-540-8162 
P.O. Box 496 
Woods Hole MA 02543 
http://opet.org/ 

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