News Briefs | February 9, 2022 |
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Update on Oxitec’s Proposed California Project |
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Oxitec has been working to determine which potential locations in California would be best for a pilot project. This included evaluating the numbers of Aedes aegypti in various communities and the interest/resource capacity of local mosquito control districts in forming a partnership. After a thorough analysis, Oxitec determined that it would partner with Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District, which serves northern Tulare County. The company is still waiting for the EPA to issue a decision, after which they will seek approval from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Here is the press release Oxitec issued about the continuation of its Florida project and initiation of a California pilot project, pending federal and state regulatory approval.
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Register: PacVec Annual Meeting 2022 on
April 5-6 in Sacramento!
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You are invited to join us for the 5th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (PacVec) to be held April 5-6, 2022. At this time, we are planning an in-person event at the Embassy Suites Sacramento Riverfront Promenade in Sacramento, California. We are watching the COVID trends and will make a final decision on the meeting format in the next two weeks. To guide our planning, please register for the meeting using this form: https://ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3KJIfCV0MUeGWHQ. We will use the contact information in your registration to communicate with you about the meeting details as the event approaches.
If you are a laboratory PI or agency supervisor who represents a group of people who might want to attend the PacVec meeting, please make sure that your collective responses represent all trainees, agency staff, or other individuals who would like to attend the meeting. In the past, we have been able to accommodate 2-3 in-person attendees per vector control agency. If it becomes necessary to limit numbers per group or agency due to space limitations, a remote attendance option will be available for anyone who cannot attend in person. To give us the most accurate counts, please answer the questions about in-person attendance based on the assumption that the meeting will be held in-person and that numbers will not be limited.
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MVCAC Yearbook Survey 2022 |
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MVCAC Members,
We are getting everything ready for the 2022 MVCAC Yearbook. Click the button below to download this year's survey.
Please fill out and return the yearbook survey by emailing it to mvcac@mvcac.org by February 24, 2022 to get your districts updated information in this year's yearbook.
Please be sure to include your districts "contact us" email in the email section (i.e. info@) that will be included in the yearbook.
As always, let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
The MVCAC Staff
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AMCA Memorial List for the 88th Annual Meeting |
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From the AMCA:
Greetings AMCA Members,
This year at the 88th Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, FL, AMCA will once again hold a moment of silence to honor those in our profession and association who passed away in 2021 or early 2022. This will take place during the AMCA Annual Member Meeting on March 4th.
We ask for your assistance to ensure that we properly recognize all those who are deserving. Please consult with your colleagues, staff and others and submit names by Wednesday, February 23 to the memorial list at the link below.
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AMCA is honored to remember those who have served public health and mosquito control, and are no longer with us. Thank you in advance for your assistance, and we look forward to seeing you in Jacksonville! |
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2022 Sentinel Chicken Order Forms Available Now! |
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Chickens are being supplied by Haley Farms in Modesto for Northern California and Southern California this year.
If you do not want to use Haley’s, you are welcome to use a different egg ranch closer to your district and make that purchase on your own behalf.
Please return order form by March 18, 2022 Via email or fax to 916-444-7462
Northern and Southern Region
Pick-up date: April 21, 2022 (7 a.m.- 9 a.m.) in Modesto
Haley's Egg Farm
1030 Ladd Road
Modesto, CA 95355
In case of issue their phone is: (209) 649-4579
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MVCAC South San Joaquin Regional Meeting |
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SAVE THE DATE
The South San Joaquin Region will be having a meeting just before the MVCAC Annual Conference on Thursday, February 3rd at 10am.
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Share Your Post COVID-19 Exposure Methods With Us |
MVCAC is looking for member districts to share with us their post COVID exposure methods and logistics. Please email the methods you have in place to mvcac@mvcac.org and we will add them to the COVID-19 page on the MVCAC website.
Thank you!
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MVCAC Member Resources Re: COVID-19 |
MVCAC will be assembling and posting some information and templates of what some Districts have created and shared as they manage their operations. Items like sample document for field staff to carry in addition to their ID to validate status/purpose and actions related to seasonal hires. It will be posted as it becomes available to a new members-only page on the MVCAC website.
Click the button below to login and view.
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In 2021, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District unveiled a new interactive educational experience titled, “Journey of the Germ.” The project was funded through the Entomological Society of America’s Chrysalis Grant, “to bring students closer to the backyard intersection of entomology and virology.”
As the interactive experience begins, a narrative serves as both foundation and guide through the storylines to instill a message that motivates the students who participate in the storylines to learn and develop solutions. The narration takes the students through the pathway West Nile virus follows as it cycles through the suburban Southern California landscape.
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Submit your district for the next Spotlight On |
Does 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? "Spotlight On" 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 Spotlight On 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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HR resources for districts to use and to upload information into |
District Managers - Please upload your HR resources and information into this Google Drive along with using it for your own district.
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MVCAC News Briefs - Giant Asian Hornets |
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 Giant Asian Hornets.
CSDA Giant Asian Hornets Video:
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MVCAC News Briefs - Zika Updates |
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 |
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.
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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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Interested in a career in mosquito and vector control? Check out the MVCAC Jobs 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 mvcac@mvcac.org.
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MVCAC Sustaining Member Corner |
Note: MVCAC does not endorse the products below, but we do support our Sustaining Members
Central Life Sciences has announced the release of Aqua Zenivex™ E20, a reduced-risk adulticide for mosquito control professionals.
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