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Fargo signs mosquito control contract, seeks more input on spraying
The city of Moorhead, which decided to pause aerial spraying when it signed its contract last month, is set to discuss the issue again on Monday. 6:00 am, May 7, 2021 ×
Dead monarch butterflies were found across the Fargo area after aerial spraying in August 2020 to control mosquitoes. WDAY photo
FARGO Fargo City Commissioners have signed the city s annual mosquito control contract but are seeking more input before making final decisions on aerial and ground-based spraying this year.
Aerial spraying became a controversial topic in the Fargo-Moorhead area last August when a large number of migrating monarch butterflies died after a night of aerial spraying in what came to be known locally as the Monarch Massacre.
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Moorhead City Councilmembers discuss removal of aerial spraying The aerial spraying doesn t occur until August and so that will give us time to actually consider what sort of aerial spraying parameters and then vote on that separately.
April 26, 2021
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) Moorhead City Council approves the city’s contract with Cass County Vector Control over mosquito spraying but votes to remove aerial spraying over concerns of harmful effects.
Cass County Vector Control has provided mosquito control service to Moorhead since 2015, but this year’s renewal is having a bit of push back over concerns of aerial spraying.
Cass County Vector Control to start routine surveillance of mosquito larvae
The original plan was to start Monday, April 26, but crews were pulled out because of cool weather. Written By: Tanner Robinson | ×
Cass County Vector Control is expected to monitor mosquito larvae in places like standing water sometime this week. WDAY file photo
FARGO Cass County Vector Control will soon start making the rounds to control the mosquito population before it grows.
Crews are expected to start larval control sometime during the week of Monday, April 26. That s when they put pesticides in mosquito breeding grounds, like standing water, to help stop them from multiplying.