New Jersey Mosquito Control Association 2004 Meeting

Tuesday March 9 to Friday March 12 2004, Trump's Marina Casino, Atlantic City, NJ

Information

• Registration Desk is located in the atrium outside the meeting rooms on the 3rd floor of Trump's Marina and will be opened on: Monday - 1:00 pm to 6:30 pm, Tuesday - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Wednesday - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

• Name tags should be worn during all meeting activities.

• Companion Gathering Area is in the Atrium and Exhibitor's Area.

• For the Photo Salon:  Please email photos to lreed@rci.rutgers.edu by Noon, Monday 8 March 2004.

For PowerPoint Information, click here.

MAJOR EVENTS

• Pesticide Applicator Recertification Training Session Tuesday March 9 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
• Presidents Reception Tuesday, March 9 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
• Nominating Committee Meeting Wednesday, March 10 7:30 AM
• Attendees Group Photo  Wednesday, March 10 11:45-12:00 Noon
• Annual Business Meeting / Luncheon Wednesday, March 10 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM
• Exhibitors' Reception Wednesday, March 10 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
• Continental Breakfast and Exhibitor Presentations Thursday, March 11 8:00 - 9:00 AM
• NJMCA Awards Banquet Thursday, March 11 6:30 - 9:30 PM

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

TUESDAY, MARCH 9

Pesticide Applicator Re-Certification Training Session 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

President’s Reception 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm

Nominating Committee Meeting Wednesday, March 10 7:30 AM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, Grand Cayman A, Morning Session

Bill Zawicki, Moderator 8:30-9:55 am

• 8:30 am Welcome and NJMCA Presidential Address William Zawicki

• 8:45am AMCA Update Roger S. Nasci, President, American Mosquito Control Association

• 9:15 am Report of the State Mosquito Control Commission and Office of Mosquito Control Coordination Robert Kent, NJDEP Office of Mosquito Control Coordination

• 9:35 am Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University Keith Cooper, Executive Director of AES and Dean of Cook College

• 9:55 am Mosquito Control from a County Executive’s Point of View Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr., Essex County (invited)

10:15 am BREAK

Commissioners' Session

10:15 - 11:45 am

Hatteras II

Commissioners: S.O.S. (Save Our System)

A Discussion of NJ State, Rutgers University and Local Mosquito Control Programs

Panel Participants: Dr. Keith Cooper, Robert Kent, Roderic Schmidt, Judy Hansen, William Zawicki, Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr.

Symposium: Surveillance, The Foundation of Mosquito Control

Christine Musa, Moderator 10:30-11:45 am

• 10:35 AM Inspecting Backyards, Heather Lomberk, Cumberland Mosquito Control and Salem County Mosquito Commission
• 10:45 AM Inspecting Horse Farms/Facilities, Jennifer Gruener, Rutgers University, Mosquito Research & Control
• 11:00 AM Preliminary Investigations with Elevated EVS Traps, Ari Farajollahi & John Phelps, Mercer County Division of Mosquito Control
• 11:15 AM Captive Sentinel Birds for Mosquito Borne Disease Surveillance, Sean Healy, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• 11:30 AM Collecting Mosquitoes from Hibernaculae, Glenn Levinson, Hudson Regional Health Commission

11:45-12:00 Noon- Attendees Group Photo, Grand Cayman B

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING 12:00 noon- 1:45 pm

(Luncheon tickets required), Grand Cayman C

Afternoon Session

Grand Cayman A

SYMPOSIUM:  “Back to Basics” Larval Mosquito Control

Marc Slaff, Moderator

• 2:00 pm Larviciding Basics Anthony Acquaviva and William Harris, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• 2:20 pm Calibrating Applications of Larvicides Howard Emerson, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• 2:40 pm Using GPS Technology to Improve Mosquito Control in Atlantic County Doug Abdill, Atlantic County Office of Mosquito Control
• 3:00 pm Open Marsh Water Management Basics Roger Wolfe, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Wildlife Division
• 3:20 pm Swimming Pools & Mosquito Breeding Christine Musa, Warren County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• 3:40 pm Alternative Fish for Use in Manmade Mosquito Breeding Habitats Christine Musa, Warren County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• 4:00 pm Using NJWsNet for Mosquito Control Christopher Duvall, Office of the NJ State Climatologist, Rutgers University

Exhibitor’s Reception 6:30-7:30 pm

THURSDAY, MARCH 11

8:00 am Exhibitors Breakfast and Presentations, Grand Cayman A

Morning Session, Grand Cayman A

• 9:15 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Arboviruses of Public Health Importance– A National Perspective Roger Nasci, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and AMCA President
• 9:45 am Mosquito-borne Encephalitis in New Jersey, 2003 Wayne Crans, Dept. Entomology, Rutgers University
• 10:05 am New York Surveillance Report Dominick Ninivaggi, Suffolk County Division of Vector Control
• 10:25 am Pennsylvania West Nile Virus Report Daniel Arbegast and Andy Kyle, PADEP
• 10:45 am 2003 West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Activity in Delaware Thomas Moran, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
• 11:05 am Culex Mosquito Populations and WNV Activity in Hunterdon County, 2003 Tadhgh Rainey, Hunterdon County Mosquito Control
• 11:25 am West Nile Virus Ecological Survey of New Jersey Wildlife Using Blocking ELISA Rose Puelle and Lisa Reed, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission and Rutgers University Department of Entomology
• 11:45 am The Vectors of West Nile Virus to Horses- Research Update Jennifer Gruener and Wayne Crans, Rutgers University, Department of Entomology
• 12:00 Noon Stormwater Ponds & Constructed Wetlands as West Nile Virus Vector Breeding Sites in Delaware John Gingrich and Greg Williams, University of Delaware
• 12:15 pm Risk Analysis for Field Scientists Involved with Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Surveillance Program Rose Puelle, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission and Dept. Entomology, Rutgers University

12:30 - 1:30 pm LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

Afternoon Session

Peter Pluchino, Moderator

• 1:30 pm Classification of Mosquito Life Cycle Types Revisited Wayne Crans, Dept. Entomology, Rutgers University
• 1:50 pm New Jersey State Surveillance Program, 2003 Lisa Reed, Dept. Entomology, Rutgers University
• 2:10 pm Anvil Trials in Cape May County, NJ Peter Bosak, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
• 2:30 pm Field Trial Efficacy of Anvil 10+10 and Scourge 18:54 Against Ochlerotatus sollicitans and  Aedes vexans in Delaware. Christopher Lesser, Delaware Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
• 2:50 pm Residual Pesticide Monitoring in Bergen County Ron Meyer, New Jersey Dept of Environmental Protection
• 3:10 pm An Examination of Environmentalist’s Claims About Pesticides Angela Logomasini, Competitive Enterprise Institute
• 2:20 pm Office of Continuing Professional Education - Current and Upcoming Initiatives Scott Crans, Rutgers University
• 3:45 pm Mosquito and Amphibian Associations Kristen Bartlett, Dept. Entomology, Rutgers University 2002 NJMCA Jobbins Scholarship Recipient
• 4:00 pm Comparison of Feeding Strategies of Colony-maintained and Field-collected Culex pipiens Priscilla Collins, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University

SILENT AUCTION Set-up 4:00-5:30 pm, Preview 5:30-6:30 pm, Bidding 6:30-7:30 pm

NJMCA BANQUET 6:30-9:30 pm

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

Morning Session Workshop, Grand Cayman A

• 9:00 am West Nile Virus Tracking System Training Floyd Borden, NJ Department of Health and Senior Services
• 10:30 am Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies: an Overview and Update, David Hutto, Biogen Idec, Inc.

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New Jersey State Airspray Program, 2003

Robert Kent and Claudia O'Malley

NJDEP Office of Mosquito Control Coordination

The Importance of Maintaining a Cold-Chain for Virus Confirmation

Scott Crans, Office of Continuing Professional Education, Rutgers University

Posters

Rutgers Mosquito Research: Integrating Academia and Extension in Response to

Mosquito-borne Disease Threats Since 1904

Rose Puelle, Scott Crans, Wayne Crans, and Lisa Reed

Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission

Office of Continuing Professional Education, Rutgers University

Dept Entomology, Rutgers University

The Discovery of West Nile Virus in Overwintering Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)

in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Louise Bugbee and Leonard Forte

Penn State Cooperative Extension, Lehigh County