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CASS COUNTY GOV 7012982395 10/09 '03 14:20 N0.039 03/14 INTEGRATED GIS UTILIZATION FOR VECTOR CONTROl., Cass County Vector Control uses an integrated pest management approach to controlling mosquitoes using education, prevention and. m. onJtodng as well as treatments to control mosquito populations. The best time during the mosqui~o 1i£¢ cycle to control populations is in the larval stage. For this reason, most of the efforts are placed on fin.dh~g larval development sites and treati.~;g the larvae before adu]ts are found. For mosquito control to be effective from year to year the development sites must be mapped., recorded and entered into a database for further reference. M. apping and monitoring the sites are essential, in the continued improvement of surveillance. The objectives of the Cass County Vector Control program, are to control nuisance mosquitoes, reduce the potential of mosquJw borne disease transmission, and, provide a comfortable and healthy atm.osph~e for community residents. Mosquito surveillance is an essential, part of any mosqui.to-bome disease control program. In. 2002, residents of North Dakota experi.en, ced 17 cases of West Nile Virus with. two fatalities. In 2003, the number rose to 549 cm.~S with four fatalities. The primary purpose ofm. osq!fito surveillance is to determine the species, composition, abundance and geographic distribution of mosquito species within a defined agea, Cass County Vector Control covers 1,131,287 acres for mosquito surveillance cm. a seasona.l basis. The action plan for mosquito surveillance includes: · Mapping larval bre~ding sites using OlS technology based otl aerial and ground, based surveillance methods.