News Briefs
April 17, 2015
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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.

 
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UPDATED - MVCAC Spring Meeting Board Packet

Please click here to view the 2015 Spring Meeting Board Packet (updated on 4.15.15).  This packet is also linked on the "Agendas and Packets" page of MVCAC.org (members only side of the site, log in to view).

MVCAC 2015 Spring Meeting

April 29- May 1

Click here to view the final schedule

Doubletree by Hilton, Modesto

1150 9th Street, Modesto

Note: Please bring your gold cards to the meeting. We will be testing our new card scanners to make sure that the upload function works with the Calsurv database.


Click the "register now" button below to login and register today!

WNV Awareness Week Press Release - Antelope Valley MVCD
Lancaster, CA - The California State Assembly recently passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution 51 (ACR 51) and declared the week of April 19 through 25, 2015, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.

Read more

Up in the Sky, it's a Bird, a Mosquito, it's Vector Control! - West Valley MVCD Press Release
April 15th - The onset of warm weather has increased mosquito breeding in the West
Valley. Vector Control surveillance has seen increased adult mosquitoes in their traps
designed to catch females looking for a blood meal and those looking for a water source
to deposit their eggs.

Read more

Continuing Education Cycle Update

The 2013-2015 continuing education cycle ends June 30, 2015.  Technicians must earn all required CE units by the end of the cycle for recertification.  The minimum CEU requirement is twelve Category A units and eight units each in categories B, C, and D, where applicable.  Please remember that there is a live-unit requirement for recertification.  Each technician needs to earn four Category A live units and two units each in categories B, C, and D. Webinars do not count as live units.   

 

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AMCA Washington Conference
From Becky Cline, 4/8/2015

Hello Folks,


Are you going to the AMCA Washington meetings?  We need you there!


We only have 9 registrants from California representing only 5 districts.  (see attached)

Now is the time to reserve your room and send in your registration if you have not already done so.  There is no charge for registration but we need attendance numbers to plan for meals and seating.  

 

We also need to plan for visits to key legislators so our message is received in the appropriate committees and houses.


Please register as soon as possible so attendees can coordinate appointments.


THANKS!

I hope to see you there,

 

Becky Cline

CDPH kdr Resistance Testing Program For 2015

To: Local Vector Control Agencies

 

CDPH-VBDS has developed the capacity to test Culex pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes for kdr-mediated pyrethroid resistance.  In 2014, many agencies submitted mosquitoes to CDPH for testing and we are pleased to announce that we are providing this service again for the 2015 season.  

 

Interested agencies will collect mosquitoes from locations with either previous control failures or from other locations of interest. In 2015, CDPH will only accept individual mosquitoes for testing as these results provide the most detailed information on the resistance profile of a population.  Pools will no longer be accepted.  The fee for testing will remain the same at $10 per mosquito. 

 

Please click here for introductory information and the submission form.  Submissions can be made from April 15 to November 15, 2015. 

 

Please feel free to contact me at Melissa.Yoshimizu@cdph.ca.gov for further information or with any questions.

 

Thank you,

Melissa
West Nile Virus Dead Bird Testing and Hotline - Now Live!

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.