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- Created in 1950 - 6 square miles
- Currently - 401 square miles
District Boundaries
From the Lee County line south to Marco Island, including Goodland; and, from the Gulf of Mexico to eleven miles east of Collier Blvd (CR 951).
Immokalee area: 2½ miles north of Main Street to 2½ miles south of Main Street; and, 1 mile east of the Immokalee airport going west to Lake Trafford.
While not included in the formal District boundaries, the Collier Mosquito Control District has contracted with the Ave Maria Community Stewardship District to provide mosquito control services on an as needed basis.
| Local Taxes (millage .0826) | $4,872,922.00 |
| State I Funds | $35,000.00 |
| Other (Interest, Cash Carry-Over, Ins. Reimb., & Misc.) | $4,913,350.00 |
| $9,821,272.00 |
Full time-26
Administration - 4
Ph.D. Entomologists (Exec. Director & Research) - 2
Operations - 1
Public Information Officer - 1
Biologist - 1
Inspectors - 6
Pilots - 5
Aviation Maintenance - 5
Aviation Parts - 1 |
Part Time - 1
Aviation Maintenance - 1
Seasonal (as needed) - 3
Pilots - 3
5 Elected Commissioners |
Vehicles - 19
Autos - 2
2-Wheel Drive Trucks - 7
4-Wheel Drive Trucks - 8
Tank Trucks - 1
Fuel Truck - 1 | Aircraft - 8
Hughes 500 (Helicopters) - 5
Skyvans (Fixed Wing) - 3 |
Two Major Concerns:
- Nuisance
- Disease transmission - The potential exists for St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE), West Nile Virus (WNV), Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), Dengue Fever, Malaria, Dog Heartworm
Two Major Types of Mosquitoes:
- Salt Water - (adult mosquitoes can travel long distances)
- Fresh Water - (adult mosquitoes do not travel far)
Four Stages in the life cycle: Eggs, Larvae, Pupae, Adults
Chemicals
- Adulticide
Dibrom (Naled) 0.42 to 0.66 oz/acre aerially
- Larvicide
B.t.i. Liquid 16 oz/acre
B.t.i. Granular 4-7 lbs/acre
 Methods of Control
- Adulticiding
- Aerial ULV (Ultra Low Volume) is done by Skyvan and/or helicopter
- Ground (Truck) - Immokalee area only
- Larviciding
- Aerial (Helicopter)
- Ground (Truck)
Surveillance
- For Adult Mosquitoes (Trucks)
- 65+ total landing rate counts (7 days/week during mosquito season)
- 51 New Jersey type light traps (7 days/week during mosquito season)
- For Mosquito Larvae (Trucks)
- 6 full-time inspectors (7 days/week during mosquito season)
- Rain Gauges: 15
- Tide Gauge: 1
The decision to spray an area is based upon:
- Health Alerts
- morning landing rate data
- weather conditions
- evening landing rate data
- larval surveillance data
- light trap data
- community events
| - compliance with rules and regulations
- treatment history
- daily observations of the staff
- mosquito species found
- aircraft availability
- citizen complaint calls
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Naples/Marco spray schedule: 239.436.1010**
Immokalee spray schedule: 239.867.3200**
General Information: 239.436.1000 (Naples)
**These recordings are prepared during mosquito season by 2:00 p.m. daily and provide information on which area(s) will be aerially adulticided that evening or the following morning.
Website: www.cmcd.org
Email: info@cmcd.org
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