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| Jobs Interested in a career in mosquito and vector control? Check out the MVCAC Job Board at www.mvcac.org Have a Job or RFP to post to MVCAC.org? Requests to post job listings (no more than 500 words in length) should be submitted to the webmaster at kandosca@amgroup.us. |
Do you have important news to share about your district or mosquito and vector issues?
If you would like your news to be included in the MVCAC News Briefs, please send press releases and/or links to relevant news articles to mvcac@mvcac.org |
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| July 23rd, 2015 Sheraton Grand Sacramento 1230 J St Sacramento, CA 95814 Click here to book a room or call 800-325-3535 Rate $149, until 6/28/2015 **The group rate cutoff is June 28th, 2015, book your room ASAP! Schedule coming soon!
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| Please note that the 2013-2015 CE cycle ends June 30th. The 2015-2017 cycle starts July 1, 2015, which means that all approved programs from the current cycle will no longer be allowed for CE credit after that date. Please ensure that your sign-in sheets are turned in by June 30th. Any sign-in sheets submitted after this date will not be accepted. Any technicians failing to earn the requisite number of CE units for recertification may utilize a six month grace period ending December 31, 2015 to obtain the necessary CEU to satisfy any unit deficit. Units must be earned from the 2015-2017 approved programs. Please contact me if you have any questions. Mike Michael K. Niemela, M.S. Senior Public Health Biologist michael.niemela@cdph.ca.gov
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| VBDS staffing and county assignment changes |
| The Vector-Borne Disease Section (VBDS) at CDPH is pleased to announce that two new Associate Public Health Biologists have joined our program. Greg Hacker is based in the VBDS Elk Grove office. Greg has an MS degree from Humboldt State University where his research focused on the ecology of Lyme disease. For the past two years, he has worked with VBDS on vector-borne disease risk assessment and prevention in National Parks. Kelly Liebman joins our Richmond office via CDC where she was working on malaria. Kelly has a PhD from UC Davis where she conducted research on dengue in Peru; she also has an MPH degree from Yale University where she researched Lyme disease risk. Some Public Health Biologist county assignments have changed due to our new hires. Please see the updated county assignment and contact lists linked below. 2015 May VBDS Contact list tel-email 2015 VBDS County List for DB May Best regards, Vicki |
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| Staffing for Statewide Conferences |
| MVCAC will be attending conferences of statewide associations in the fall and winter to further engage and educate audiences we have not had the opportunity to get our messages out to. MVCAC is looking for local districts to help staff the events and can be experts on mosquito and vector control issues. Conferences include:
- CA Special Districts Association Annual Conference
- CA Stormwater Quality Association Annual Conference
- CA State Association Counties Annual Meeting
If you are interested in participating, even for one day, please contact Jenny Dudikoff who is organizing these events: jdudikoff@ka-pow.com |
| MVCAC Corporate Member Fiscal Status Reports |
| New this year, we are collecting all fiscal status information online through the MVCAC member portal. Instructions on how to login to your district's portal account are below. Once this updated fiscal information is received, we will send you your 2015-16 dues invoice.
- Login using your district login information. This is the main login that was provided to managers a couple of months ago, if you need it resent please email us at mvcac@mvcac.org.
- Once logged in, please click the link titled: "Create Corporate Members Fiscal Status Report 2015-2016"
- Enter the information requested: Total Actual Expenditures, Capital/Fixed Asset Expenditures, Operational Expenditures, and your name.
- You will then see a confirmation page, please review the information you entered and then click "Save Changes"
- After clicking "Save Changes" you should receive a confirmation email. A dues invoice will be mailed to you by the MVCAC staff shortly after you submit your information.
We know many districts have not closed their books yet, so please submit your fiscal status reports when you are able. We're hoping to have all dues payments received by September 1, 2015.
Please feel free to contact the office if you have any questions or if you need any assistance logging in to or navigating the portal. Thank you for supporting MVCAC! |
| Call for Proceedings Papers |
| Click here to view the guidelines for contributions It is time to begin preparation of the Proceedings and Papers of the 83rd annual conference of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. There were many excellent presentations at the annual meeting in January in Monterey, and I am hopeful that the authors will choose to submit their presentations for publication in the Proceedings. Attached to this e-mail are the guidelines for submitting manuscripts; please read and follow these instructions in preparing your papers. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically and simultaneously to me (janwash@berkeley.edu) and Rachel Hickerson (RHickerson@amgroup.us). The deadline for manuscript submission is July 31, 2015. |
| Another View: Mosquito research is a good use of cap-and-trade money |
| Big thanks to Jenny, Joel, and Chris Barker for the response to Dan Morain's editorial that ran in the Sac Bee this morning. Last year, California recorded the highest number of human West Nile infections since 2005, and the drought exacerbated mosquito activity in many areas of the state. Dan Morain questioned the state Assembly's provision of $4 million in cap-and-trade funds for mosquito research ("Using windfalls, paper to flight climate change," Forum, May 24). However, this funding is critical to protect public health, and it would enhance prospects for federally funded research in California. Even Gov. Jerry Brown has asked health care providers to consider the threat of vector-borne diseases due to climate change in their priorities.
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| CDPH, VBDS Plague Surveillance Program 2015 |
| To all interested parties and agencies: The California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section (VBDS) oversees a statewide surveillance program for plague in California that includes clinical illness in humans and domestic pets, serologic evidence of exposure to Yersinia pestis in rodents and wild carnivores, and detection of infection in rodents and other wild animals. In areas where plague is endemic VBDS encourages local agencies to contribute to surveillance efforts through the submission of biological specimens for plague testing. The following attachments contain introductory information on the suitability of specimens for testing, sampling techniques, data acquisition, VBDS contact information and shipping requirements necessary to participate in the program. Note that contact information within the CDPH laboratory have changed since 2014. Please feel free to contact me for further information or serological sampling materials. CDPH-VBDS Plague Program 2015 Mammal Collection Form2015 NOBUTO INSTRUCTIONS 2015 Thank you for your cooperation, JR Tucker James R. Tucker, MS California Department of Public Health 2135 Civic Center Dr., Rm. 13 Redding, CA 96001 (530) 225-2130 (530) 225-2132 Fax james.tucker@cdph.ca.gov |
| AMCA Update: The American Mosquito Control Association has a new Executive Director! Lori Jenssen is now working for all of us as the Executive Director of the AMCA. Contact information: Lori Jenssen
AMCA Executive Director 1120 Route 73, Suite 200
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Tel. 856-439-9222
Fax: 856-439-0525 lorij@mosquito.org twitter.com/AMCAupdates facebook.com/AmericanMosquitoControl She is very much looking forward to meeting all of you at the AMCA meeting in Savannah! Welcome Aboard Lori, Becky Cline |
| This Bug Is Deadlier Than Humans - and a Costly Killer, Too |
They can ruin your day at the beach, that perfect hike on a gorgeous summer afternoon or a long-planned camping trip, but mosquitoes also have a much larger impact - they're actually the deadliest animal in the world, far more lethal than humans, snakes or sharks, as Bill Gates pointed out on his blog earlier this year. And the little insects have a big economic impact.
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| NPDES Regulatory Relief bill introduced in the Senate! |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 4, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) - U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) today led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation that would eliminate a costly and redundant U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation affecting pesticide users. The Sensible Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) seeks to clarify congressional intent concerning federal regulation of pesticides and codify longstanding interpretation of regulatory statutes after a 2009 court ruling imposed an additional layer of needless red tape on food producers.
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West Nile Virus Dead Bird Testing and Hotline
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| West Nile virus dead bird testing and the WNV Dead Bird Hotline began on April 15, 2015. Live calls are being answered (1-877-WNV-BIRD) and online reports are being responded to (www.westnile.ca.gov). Agencies can bypass the message options by calling the agency line at (510-412-4601). This will connect you to the hotline operators. If you need to enter a dead bird report and obtain a dead bird number, please use the Gateway. |
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