Adult Nuisance Mosquito Fogging Bulletin #11
For Immediate Release
Friday, July 18, 2014
Adult Nuisance Mosquito Fogging Program will resume tonight
Winnipeg, MB – Effective this evening, Friday, July 18, 2014, the Public Works Department’s Insect Control Branch Adult Nuisance Mosquito fogging program will resume between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., weather permitting, due to an increase in nuisance mosquito activity.
Crews will treat in Insect Management Areas 2, 27, 28, 29, 30, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51:
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Insect Management Area |
Neighbourhoods |
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2
|
Kildonan
Drive, Rossmere A
|
|
27
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Elmhurst,
Eric Coy, Marlton, Ridgedale, Varsity View, Vialoux
|
|
28
|
Assiniboine
Park
|
|
29
|
Edgeland, Old
Tuxedo, South Tuxedo, Tuxedo,
|
|
30
|
Central River
Heights, J.B. Mitchell, Mathers, Sir John Franklin, South River Heights
|
|
43
|
North Inkster
Industrial, Oakpoint Highway, Omand's Creek Industrial, Tyndall Park
|
|
44
|
Burrows -
Keewatin, Inkster Industrial Park, Mynarski, Pacific Industrial, Shaughnessy
Park, Weston, Weston Shops
|
|
45
|
Burrows
Central, Robertson, William Whyte
|
|
47
|
Inkster -
Faraday, Luxton, St. John's, St. John's Park
|
|
48
|
Inkster
Gardens, Mandalay West, The Maples
|
|
49
|
Garden
City, Leila - McPhillips Triangle, Margaret Park, Templeton - Sinclair
|
|
50
|
Jefferson,
Kildonan Park, Seven Oaks
|
|
51
|
Amber
Trails, Leila North, Riverbend, Rivergrove, Rosser - Old Kildonan, West
Kildonan Industrial
|
General Information
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) will be released daily at least eight hours in advance of fogging. These PSAs will identify the Insect Management Areas the ICB is planning to treat that evening, weather permitting. Until further notice, fogging will be carried out on a daily basis between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. Fogging will not occur when temperatures are below 13 degrees Celsius and/or wind speeds are not conducive to fogging.
The insecticide Pro Malathion ULV® will be used. This insecticide has been approved for use in Canada by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency. Pro Malathion ULV® will be used in accordance with federally approved label directions by licensed pesticide applicators.
All buffer zones will be respected. Crews will ensure that the sprayer is not treating within 90 metres on each side of a registered property on the front street, side street, and rear lane.
Property owners not wanting insecticides applied on or adjacent to their principal residence may register as “Anti-Pesticide Registrants” (APR) for the adult nuisance mosquito control program. Those who wish to register must provide identification that ties the registrant to the address being registered for a buffer zone. A photocopy or scanned document such as a driver’s licence or a utility bill will suffice as acceptable identification proving primary residence. All buffer zones will be respected if the request is received 72 hours prior to fogging in that Insect Management Area.
There are four different options to register:
- In
writing to Insect Control Branch at 3 Grey Street, Winnipeg, MB, R2L 1V2,
- Emailing
311 at 311@winnipeg.ca
- Faxing
311, or
- In
person at 1539 Waverley Street.
Personal notification by telephone and/or email of the fogging program activities is also available by:
- Contacting
the Insect Control Branch in writing at 3 Grey Street, Winnipeg, MB
R2L 1V2,
- Emailing
311@winnipeg.ca or faxing 311,
- Registering
online, and
- In
person at 1539 Waverley Street.
The Insect Control Branch’s extensive larviciding and residual treatment programs will continue throughout the city in conjunction with the fogging program.
For more information, please contact 311, open 24 hours every day by phone at 311 or by email at 311@winnipeg.ca, or visit the City’s Insect Control website.
