Highland Park To Conduct Mosquito Ground Spraying This Weekend
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HIGHLAND PARK (CBSDFW.COM) – With the total number of mosquitoes in specific traps on the east side of town above the treatable threshold as established by the Town's Mosquito Control Policy, the Parks Department will conduct ground spraying measures to reduce the density of adult mosquito populations, according to a Highland Park news release.
The Town's decision to use adulticide is based on the Centers for Disease Control's recommendations that surveillance data, when combined with established thresholds, indicates a necessity to reduce the density of adult mosquito populations quickly to lower the risk of WNV.
The recent unseasonably warm weather contributed to an earlier than normal increase in the mosquito population.
Ground spraying measures include the public rights-of-way and Town's tennis courts. Each night, weather permitting, ground spraying will begin at 10:00 p.m. and conclude by 6:00 a.m. for the area of town east of Preston Road to the Town limits (Areas C and D on this map).
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