MVCAC Fall Meeting: Oct. 31 - Nov. 2
Embassy Suites Sacramento Riverfront Promenade
100 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
Click here to download the Fall Meeting schedule (updated 10.26.17)
Click here to login and view the Board Meeting Agenda
Please note: The group rate room reservation deadline for this meeting has passed.
For more information, please visit our website.
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MVCAC Planning Meeting: Nov. 30 - Dec. 1
Four Points by Sheraton Emeryville
1603 Powell St, Emeryville, CA 94608
Hotel Information:
Room rate is $139 plus taxes
Book by Phone: 1-800-325-3535 mentioning the group name MVCAC
Or
More information for this meeting will be posted on our website as it becomes available.
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Visual Gateway Workshop Interest Form
Hosted by Lab Technologies and Information Technology Committees
Sunday January 28th, 12pm-4pm
Note: Estimated cost $60 per participant, Box Lunch Included
This workshop will provide hands-on training to learn how to visualize your surveillance and application data with custom reports, charts and graphs using Tableau website software which has been setup to connect to CalSurv Gateway agency data. Bring your own laptop and receive assistance importing application data to get the most out of this workshop. Sign up using the form link below if you are interested so a final cost can be provided. A registration form and payment details will be sent out later this fall. A Calsurv Tableau subscription at roughly $25/month/user is highly recommended but not required - information about subscription pricing and early access will be sent separately after receiving your interest form.
Link to form -
Deadline Extended!
Please submit by Friday, November 3, 2017:
View powerpoint about Visual Gateway from Joel Buettner, Placer MVCD:
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Sonoma preschoolers learn about yellow jackets
October 23, 2017
 The
Marin-Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District protects the health and welfare of the communities it serves from mosquitoes and vector-borne diseases by utilizing cost-effective, environmentally responsible integrated vector management practices.
El Verano Preschool Director Sonya Valiente invited Vector Control to come to her classroom and presentat on yellow jackets.
"He was here for 30 minutes, read a story and talked about wasps," she said. "The children learned what to do when they see a yellow jacket and how to help them. He left visuals for the children to look at, including a nest, photos and game."
Valiente said that last year Vector Control came to her classroom to talk about mosquitoes, and that her young students were excited by the real-world learning in both presentations.
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What you can learn from the people who protect you from disease-carrying pests
A fly landing on salad. A roof rat scurrying across the yard. A flea hopping from your pet to your skin.
For a moment, forget West Nile virus mosquitoes. The disease these other bad boys spread also can destroy lives.
Then there's our newest scary critter - the yellow fever mosquito that recently invaded Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and other California counties.
Dig deep into the work of what's called vector control and you feel lucky to come out alive.
Fortunately, experts strive to keep these sometimes deadly disease carriers under control so that most of us will live.
Yes, most of us.
According to a newly released report from the California Department of Public Health, Orange County has seen 28 West Nile virus deaths since the outbreak started in 2002, including
one this year.
Also this year, San Bernardino County has reported two deaths; in Los Angeles County, 10 people have died; and in Riverside County, at least three people have been infected.
But did you know dozens of people in Southern California have been diagnosed with flea-borne typhus? Authorities also report it's likely that many more people have been infected with typhus but are undiagnosed.
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From ESA - Hurricane Recovery: Your Help is Needed
As communities from Texas to the U.S. Virgin Islands begin the recovery efforts from this season's series of hurricanes, those affected are seeking help from entomologists and the scientific community:
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When Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were detected for the first time in the Coachella Valley in May 2016, the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District developed a response based on lessons learned by other vector control districts already fighting the invasive species. One refrain heard time and again was "you can't get rid of this mosquito without the help of the community." With a backyard breeder like Ae. aegypti, education efforts need to focus on changing people's behavior as it pertains to yard maintenance. Any progress reducing the invasive species through surveillance and control efforts are temporary if mosquito breeding sources are not eliminated from people's yards.
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Submit your district for the next Agency Spotlight
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oes your agency have a success story, a staff member you would like to publicly recognize, or an innovation by your agency that you would like to highlight? "Agency Spotlight" on the MVCAC website is one way to share your story! Each submission which meets the specified criteria will be reviewed and posted on the MVCAC website on the Agency Spotlight page and highlighted on the homepage in the rotating feature box. Each story will remain posted for 1-2 months before being moved to a publicly archived page.
Interested?
Click here
to fill out an application!
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Annual MVCAC Conference - January 28-30, 2018
Registration is now OPEN!
Join us at the wonderful Monterey Marriott hotel!
350 Calle Principal
Monterey, CA 93940
Room rate: $189 plus taxes
Hotel cut off date: December 29, 2017 or until the block is full
Room Deposit: You will be charged a first night's deposit for your hotel room, per the MVCAC policy
Click here to book your rooms
Highlights for this year's conference
Annual Munzy Golf Tournament 
Sunday, January 28 11 AM
Pacific Grove Golf Links
77 Asilomar Boulevard
Pacific Grove CA 93950
The annual Munzy Golf Tournament will be featured at this year's conference! To register, please click
here and return to the MVCAC Office no later than January 4, 2018.
Visual Gateway Training
Sunday January 28
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1:00-5:00 PM
Monterey Marriott
2nd Annual Outrunning Mosquitoes 5K
Sunday, January 28 2:00 PM
What better way to start off your conference experience than a fun run/walk through the streets of Monterey? This year's course takes you right along the bay, through cannery row and back to the Marriott hotel. Not a runner? No problem! Walkers will enjoy this flat and easy course as well. Coveted mosquito trophies will once again be highly sought after!
Your registration fee includes some race swag, a free drink ticket for the opening reception and of course bragging rights!
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2018 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award Applications Due 12/1/17
Applications for the 2018 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award will be accepted through Friday, December 1, 2017. The William C. Reeves New Investigator Award, memorializing Dr. William C. Reeves, who was a renowned University of California entomologist, is sponsored by the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC). The award is presented to the best scientific paper submitted and presented at the annual MVCAC conference.
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District Trustee Information Form
This year's Yearbook Questionnaire did not ask for emails for the Trustees of your district. The Trustee Council is interested in this information in hopes to get more Trustees involved with the council. Please fill in the
following form
and return to
rhickerson@amgroup.us
or via fax at 916-444-7462.
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MVCAC News Briefs - Zika Updates
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Please note: The items contained below are not the views or opinions of MVCAC but they are what is being reported in the media. The goal of MVCAC providing this information is to keep MVCAC members informed of all news articles that are being presented regarding Zika.
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MVCAC News Briefs - Other Outbreaks
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Please note: The items contained below are not the views or opinions of MVCAC but they are what is being reported in the media. The goal of MVCAC providing this information is to keep MVCAC members informed of all news articles that are being presented regarding other outbreaks.
10/25/17: Terry man shares battle with West Nile Virus - MS News Now
10/25/17: Bacteria Stops Malaria Parasites In Mosquito Gut - Asian Scientist Magazine
10/24/17: First case of West Nile fever in France since 2015 - The Connexion
10/24/17: HOW MOSQUITOES USE STEALTH TO STEAL YOUR BLOOD - National Geographic
10/23/17: Warm Weather Helps Prolong West Nile Virus Risk - UCANR
10/22/17: Second bird in El Dorado County tests positive for West Nile Virus - South Tahoe Now |
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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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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
rhickerson@amgroup.us.
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MVCAC Sustaining Member Corner
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Note: MVCAC does not endorse the products below, but we do support our Sustaining Members
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Central Life Sciences has announced the release of Aqua Zenivex™ E20, a reduced-risk adulticide for mosquito control professionals.
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