MOSQUITO CONTROL AGENCY: Gloucester County Parks and Recreation

DATE ESTABLISHED: 1960

MAILING ADDRESS: 6 Blackwood-Barnsboro Rd, Sewall, NJ 0808

TELEPHONE #: (856) 468-0100

FAX#: (856) 468-4479

Gloucester County Mosquito Species List

MISSION STATEMENT: Under the administration of the Parks and Recreation Department, the overall goal of the Mosquito Control Division is to enhance the public's health and welfare by safely reducing mosquito populations to a reasonable threshold of annoyance and to maintain control of the potential for the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. This goal is accomplished through an integrated pest management program incorporating physical, chemical, and in warranted cases, biological control methodologies based upon a thorough and accurate surveillance program. These methodologies include instantaneous mosquito reduction with repeated applications of State-approved insecticides, general maintenance of existing waterways (drainage ditches, streams, and rivers) utilizing handheld tools and the introduction of mosquito predators (depending upon the absence of mosquito predators indigenous to mosquito breeding habitats) and public education.

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS< INCLUDING YEARS OF MOSQUITO CONTROL SERVICE TO COMMUNITY (Began work in):

• John Margie 1/90
• Robert Curtis 1/90
• Debra Higbee 4/96
• Dan Kelly 1/90
• Pat Koloski 5/90
• Phil Price 1/96
• Walter Robinson 1/90
• John Troxell 1/90
• Robert Damminger, Freeholder Liaison

• FULLTIME: 9

MOST IMPORTANT LARVAL HABITAT TYPES IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY (Rank habitat types 1-7, 1 being most important, 7 being least important in your county. Use any criteria you wish.):

• Salt Marsh (7)
• Catch Basins (1)
• SnowPool ( )
• Woodland Pool (1)
• Freshwater Swamp (3)
• Fresh Floodwater (2)
• Polluted Water (1)
• Artificial Container / Treehole ( 1 )

MOSQUITO MONITORING (SURVEILLANCE) IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY(An "X" indicates part of a program):

• Inspections (x)
• Egg Sampling (x)
• Larval Collections / ID (x)
• Adult Collections / ID (x)
• Landing Rates (x)
• Bite Counts (x)
• NJ Light Trap (x)
• CDC Trap (x)
• ABC Trap (x)
• Gravid Trap (x)
• Pigeon Baited traps ( )
• Resting boxes (x)
• Emergence Traps ( )
• Disease Surveillance (x)
• Complaint Managment (x)

CONTROL PROGRAMS UTILIZED IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY (An "X" indicates part of a program):

• Tire Removal (x)
• Public Education (x)
• Site Plan Review ( )
• Water Management
• Hand labor ( x )
• Heavy Equipment ( )
• Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) (x)
• Inspections (x)
• Breeding Site Mapping (x)
• Larviciding
• Ground Applications ( x )
• Aerial Applications
• Contracted Pilot ( )
• Agency Pilot ( )
• Pupaciding (x)
• Adulticiding
• Ground (x)
• Aerial ( )

Impact study of Route 55 stormwater sites on mosquito populations in Gloucester County.  Determination of Aedes albopictus and Ochlerotatus japonicus present in county.

• General Mosquito Biology/Control Literature (x)
• School Presentations (x)
• Presentations To Civic Organizations ( )
• Participation In Local Health Fairs ( )
• Participation In County Fairs ( x )
• Participation In State Association Events (x)
• Identification Of Other Insect Pests (x)

• John Sweet, General Supervisor - ID Specialist
• Mike Lonabaugh, Heavy Equipment Supervisor
• Ray Parker, Equipment Operator
• Mario Rucci, Heavy Equipment Operator
• Steve DeJesse, Senior Inspector
• Steve Beckett, Senior Inspector
• Rob Weichmann, Senior Inspector
• Glenwood Harris, Inspector Trainee
• Wayne Wurtz, Inspector - ID Specialist

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