FLORIDA COORDINATING COUNCIL ON MOSQUITO CONTROL FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES SUMMARY REPORT OF THE JANUARY 24, 2017 MEETING JANUARY MEETING OBJECTIVES To approve regular procedural topics (agenda, report, workplan and meeting schedule). To hear committee reports. To hear Agency updates. To receive briefings and updates on current and pending issues: Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, West Nile Virus and genetically modified mosquitoes. To conduct the annual Research Prioritization Exercise. To consider public comment. To consider council members comments and issues. To identify needed next steps, assignments, and agenda items for next meeting.
FCCMC MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control is to provide assistance and recommendations to the Commissioner of Agriculture and the legislature in all matters related to public health pest control in the State of Florida. Areas of interest and concern would include providing guidance to, and enhancing communication between, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and other appropriate agencies and interests; providing guidance to mosquito control programs and other arthropod control-related agencies to reduce duplication of efforts; maximize efficient use of existing resources; implement best management practices and available technology; evaluate arthropod control methods that both protect the public health and the State s natural environment; and to set priorities for research that is funded through Department grants. MEETING REVIEW- JANUARY 24 TH, 2017 1.) 11:00 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS After determining a quorum was present, Council Chair, Dr. Davis Daiker opened the meeting at 11:04AM. Listed below are the council members who participated in the meeting. Council Members present: Paul Linser, Jorge Rey, Ken Linthicum, James Clauson, Carina Blackmore, Mark Latham, Davis Daiker, Ed Irby*, David Cook*, Randy Dominy*, Aric Larson* FDACS Staff Participating: Adriane Rogers, Shalom Siebert, Harris Walters, Caitlin Gill, Stanley Fultz, Frieda Lamberg, Kelly Friend Public Participation: Rick Gleeson, Daniel Dixon, Zane McCallister, Christopher Bibbs, Rudy Xue, Candace Royals, Kelly Deutsch *Participation via teleconference is italicized. 2.) CURRENT AGENDA REVIEW AND APPROVAL The Council voted unanimously to approve the agenda. 3.) PREVIOUS MEETING SUMMARY REPORT REVIEW AND APPROVAL The Council voted unanimously to approve the May 2016 Summary Report as presented. 4.) WORKPLAN AND MEETING SCHEDULE REVIEW AND APPROVAL The Council voted unanimously to approve the Workplan as presented. Anastasia Mosquito Control offered to host the May 9 th meeting at their facility. The Council voted unanimously to change the May 9 th meeting from being held at Alachua to being held at Anastasia Mosquito Control. For the September meeting, the Council voted unanimously to hold the meeting at the UF Plant Science Research and Education Center in Citra, Florida. 2017 MEETING DATES AND LOCATIONS I. January 24 th, 2017 UF Whitney Lab II. May 9 th, 2017 Alachua Anastasia Mosquito Control III. September 26, 2017 UF Plant Science Research and Education Center 2
5.) SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANAGED MARSHES REPORT Doug Carlson, Indian River MCD Director, provided the council with a written update on the Subcommittee on Managed Marshes (SOMM) activities. The written SOMM report is included as Attachment 1. The council voted unanimously to approve the Subcommittee on Managed Marshes report as presented. 6.) SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMPERILED SPECIES REPORT Ricardo Zambrano, Chair of the Subcommittee on Imperiled Species, presented to the Council an overview of the SOIS s recent meeting. He presented the qualifications for Michael Hudon, Research Entomologist, to be approved as a member of the Council. Davis Daiker motioned to approve Mr. Hudon as a member of the SOIS. The Council voted unanimously to approve Mr. Hudon as a member of the SOIS. The written SOIS report is included as Attachment 2. 7.) AGENCY ISSUES UPDATE (FDACS: Legislative, Rules, Budget, and Organizational Updates) Dr. Davis Daiker presented an update on FDACS agency issues and organizational changes. He stated, there is nothing to report, as the changes to Chapter 388 are being pursued. Organizationally, there have been no changes, we have the same Bureaus. We have added 3 bodies and are working to add a 4 th body to support Mosquito Control efforts throughout the state. You may have received a phone call from a new AES employee. Daiker then introduced each FDACS employee: Stanley Fultz, Caitlin Gill, and Frieda Lamberg. Daiker also mentioned that the position descriptions have been retooled for support to mosquito control programs. Shalom Siebert will be supporting the north west region of Florida and Johanna Welch will aid the northwestern tip of the panhandle. Daiker noted we are working on getting a replacement for Pat Hardens environmental interest position, the two recommendations have gone to the capitol for review. We hope that things will continue to move forward. As we sadly mentioned this morning, we will need to seek a replacement for the private citizen position of the Council to serve. We will need to get a name up to the capitol for approval. The official budget of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has not been released, however, for the monies that have been past allocated, we have been led to believe that funding will continue. James Clauson asked if the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) is seeking funding. Jorge Rey responded, we are hoping to get workload funds to fund the positions. Daiker added, currently with the distribution of funds, the tiers get allocated between 30 and 40k, and there was discussion on whether this was the most beneficial way but it has not been further explored. The research selection committee has been chaired by Dan Kline. Daiker moved for a motion to accept Aaron Lloyd to be a member of the Research Selection Committee. The Council unanimously approved this motion. Mark Latham asked if there was talk of modifying the rules for monies received by mosquito control programs. Daiker responded I do remember hearing that from Orange county at a previous meeting, but there has not been discussion at our level. Mark Latham responded essentially MC money is being handed somewhere else because they are shifting the county money to fulfill the state money. Daiker added that there might be more discussion about this subject at DODD, in terms of contracts. Adriane Rogers added because there is only a 25% allocation required they are moving the funds. 12:00 Break- 10 minutes. 3
8.) CURRENT AND PENDING ISSUES BRIEFINGS AND UPDATES Florida Department of Health Zika Update and Arboviral update Dr. Carina Blackmore, Florida Department of Health (FDOH), opened by stating the status of Zika in Florida. She stated, We are now at 1030 Zika cases, they are coming but not at the same rate. Most come from Puerto Rico, over 200 cases. Dominican Republic is second and then Nicaragua. Then there is a drop, and Colombia is probably next in line. We have had 256 locally acquired cases, 241 of them were acquired in Miami, but we also had a small number of cases in Broward and Pinellas. Blackmore went on to explain how Zika transmission, response, and funding has developed in Florida. She explained, It is quite complicated. There were some that we did not know, they had traveled to multiple places. There were a few hot spots, Wynwood being the famous one. Miami Beach also, and was eventually lifted. Then the Little River area on the mainland that was north of Wynwood. The other piece was when we had a fair number of cases that occurred at construction sites. These were workers with international connections. Hotel areas that were hot spots for mosquito breeding. We had a fairly mild year with other viruses. 6 confirmed WNV, 66 malaria cases, 23 horse cases of EEE, 40+ Dengue. Regarding funding, we had federal funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and at the beginning of the year initially there was 5 million, and 3 of the 5 were for vector control. The Governor then set aside 26 million and half of that money has gone to testing of pregnant women and vector control. We gave free testing to pregnant women in the state. To date, about 13.5 million has been spent on vector control, we have another 3.8 million that we are in the process of applying for to support Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). And we have additional funding that is supposed to last us to July 18. We just got an invoice, for 17.1 million to last through September, and of course we are a little worried about spending funds without knowing how Zika will develop next year. We have been working a lot with FDACS to come up with what is an appropriate effort and a good bang for the tax payer s money and we want to make sure that we can be accountable. We have developed a grant template so that we have a good understanding of what the plan is for the districts that are applying for the use of the money, to supplement. So the final decision has not been made but what we are looking to do is offer the funding to a smaller number of counties, high risk counties based on last year s criteria. Ed Irby asked how many cases of travel malaria? Blackmore responded that there have been 66 travel associated cases of Malaria. She stated they were all imported cases with travel history to other parts of the world. They were widely distributed. Irby asked what about dengue? Blackmore responded, 43 travel associated cases. We see these in more urban areas that are travel centers. Adriane Rogers asked of the 256 local cases, do we know how many were not within the Zika zones? Blackmore responded, yes we do. However, I m not sure if I have it. Yes, about half were linked to the hot zones. It was very complicated, and we were very liberal. Rogers responded, what makes the Zika Zones? Blackmore explained, this was a CDC concept with the idea being to alert people where the anxiety mattered without over emphasizing risk, so the zone had to do with the flying distance of aegypti with a buffer and it was basically a mile diameter. Rogers asked, so within a Zika zone it was a cluster of human cases? Blackmore responded, yes, two human cases that were not linked in one area. Mark Latham asked if there was any work done on genetic typing for hot zones? Blackmore explained that there were several universities involved and there seemed to be two different strains of Zika circulating, both linked to the Dominican Republic. She said, there were at least a couple of introductions, probably more. James Clauson asked, have there been efforts to track pregnancies and the kids? Blackmore responded yes there have been three or four babies born with malformations and 209 pregnant women are being monitored. Clauson stated, I know it is an emotional part of the equation. Is there a way to use that information to stress the importance of what we are trying to do? Blackmore responded saying, this is what we have done, reached out to health care providers and linked them to pregnant women. Clauson responded, I have heard from folks in the Panhandle about if it is a big deal for the north. I wonder if this info will be made available to the public. Blackmore responded I believe that it has. This information has gotten much attention. 4
Blackmore then expounded noting the various challenges with testing. First of all the virus cross reacts with Dengue, and a lot of women have had previous exposure to Dengue and we don t have a great way to identify, unless you find active virus circulating within the patient There have been issues with the antibody tests. CDC was reporting 20% false positive rate. Lab Core had a higher rate than that. Zika of course is reportable, so as soon as we find a positive we retest. So hopefully at the end of the day, after testing with a different assay, and at CDC, the women will find out if she has Zika or not. Unfortunately, this process can be quite delayed. We are hoping in Florida to get testing set up soon, Blackmore said. FDACS Response to Zika Update Adriane Rogers, FDACS, presented an update on FDACS activities relating to Zika. The information presented can be found as Attachment 3. Rogers also presented a handout entitled CDC Insecticide Susceptibility Bottle Bioassay Data on Aedes aegypti. This handout is available as Attachment 4. Regarding MosquitoNet, Randy Dominy asked Do we go through you or the CDC? Rogers responded, if you are not an approved user then it is best to come through us. For our local jurisdictions, at the county level, they can upload and view for their own district but not anyone else s. Paul Linser asked Have you gotten a response for the Dairy Farmer outreach? Rogers responded, we provided the info but I don t know that we have had any feedback. Davis Daiker added, I don t know that we got any feedback Rogers responded, based on the flight range there is the question of what risk it actually is, I see it as a risk to the farm workers and educating them. Blackmore asked if Ae. aegypti would breed in tire piles. Rogers responded, that it is certainly possible, if they are adjacent to a neighborhood or urban area. James Clauson noted that in California the concern is Culex. He added, has anyone actually gone out to see what they are finding? Rogers responded it would have been the local community. Graham White said I m assuming that the public thinks the BG traps are for control and not for surveillance? Now, there has been an urgency to rely on BG traps. I m assuming most of the pools have come from BG traps. I came across a trap, from an expert, that pointed out that they really catch the hungry females, not the gravid females. In theory these are more likely to be with virus. Do you have any current thinking on that? Rogers responded, so, some counties have equipped the CDC light trap with the BG lure and that has worked, it is a lower cost option. The lure is about $6. As far as gravid traps, they are great for other species, I don t know If they have perfected the attractant. White responded, I would like to see that legitimate suggestions get proper consideration. You rushed to get BG traps and you couldn t even get a lot. Mark Latham added, my point on that would be with a gravid trap is an egg laying female, but you might get a die off before she is biting again. Blackmore asked what about the AGO trap? Rogers responded saying that the AGO trap is a passive trap. She noted You are not looking for that host seeking stage and it is a sticky trap so oftentimes if you go back to a sticky trap you might find parts of mosquitoes. I don t have personal experience using the AGO. Ken Linthicum asked So the aerial spraying had a big impact? Rogers responded the area where they did everything combined worked well to suppress population and transmission. Linthicum then asked how many traps were there per area? Rogers responded that there were several hundred. In a couple weeks it was reduced. Some of the traps at the end were down to 0 or 5 or 10. There was a sustained reduction, Rogers replied. Graham White asked, can you make comments on the bromeliad problem? I know there was a hot spot in the gardens. Rogers replied one of the mosquito pools that was positive was from the Botanical Garden. The traps that were in that area, before they started controlling, were very high. In the Dengue outbreak in Key West, we found Ae. aegypti certainly breeding in bromeliads. Regarding the importance of public education, Irby stated It seems that a lot of the hurdles relate to public education and outreach, even if you go back to identifying a problem with finding obstetricians. I guess I m making a statement, not a question. I know overcoming this is not easy and we have to work on it. How different would it be if we 5
had a Dengue outbreak also in Miami Beach? Also, having dealt with the press with most of my career, it is possible that we will see a Yellow Fever outbreak as well. Blackmore added, the Miami Dade county mayor actually did some polling, and 70% were supportive of the spraying, but of course you have a loud minority that grabs attention. Irby responded and the media played into that. FKMCD Use of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Update, if any Adriane Rogers updated the Council stating that earlier last year the FDA had approved the trial release in Key Haven, but due to the vocal minority of individuals and some local environmental groups, the Board of County Commissioners from the Florida Keys decided on a non-binding referendum to occur on the November ballot. Rogers stated there were two separate votes- one for Key Haven residents. The second was an overall vote for the entire Monroe county but taking out the location, so in the Florida Keys in general. The small majority voted against in Key Haven, however, for the overall Florida Keys they voted for it. So they did decide to go with the vote. They are not going to move forward with release on Key Haven but they are investigating alternative release sites. They moved forward with the investigative agreement with Oxitec, and Oxitec has requested an approval for an amendment with FDA with respect to the location change. This does not require a new environmental assessment. They do anticipate that it will be approved more quickly since most of the information is the same. They are planning for a release this Spring. Paul Linser asked but they don t have a specific location? Rogers responded no, they have gone back to the jurisdictions that have a very high approval rating and are looking in those areas. Linser asked will each site be their own island? This will have a lot to do with success. Rogers responded as of last week they have not finalized the decision. They have many sites they are looking at. They will be doing adult and larval monitoring. The transgenic mosquitoes have a genetic red marker. If you look at the larvae you ll be able to tell if it is transgenic or not. This will help them gauge how many they should continue to release. SIT/IIT Update, if any Dr. White presented an update on SIT/IIT. He stated that he did go visit the Oxitec headquarters and they are ready to roll out. He reported that Oxitec is committed to the Florida Keys, and he wanted the Council to know that they are determined to help. White reported that Mosquito Mate is already releasing for albopictus in CA and their permit allows for experiments to be reported back from KY and NY. Graham stated they are ready for Florida; however, the facilities are not as great as Oxitec. I don t think they have gone beyond the experimental stage. They are talking of just a month to get it ready to ship in and get it set up. Graham noted that there is a proposal that is being submitted to the Request For Proposals for Zika work He suggested you could propose to get funding from DOH for sterilizing aegypti and its evaluation on when they would be carrying Wolbachia, and then the subsequent release of a strain that could be a vector, He added, a good proposal was placed in, if DOH would award a grant. They are waiting to hear back. Blackmore responded, I did see a release that they had funded some projects. White responded well make sure they don t forget the vector ones. If you want to use sterile aegypti then the State has to fund it. 9.) UPDATE: FLORIDA WHITE PAPER ON MOSQUITO CONTROL Mark Latham, Manatee County Mosquito Control, presented for Aaron Lloyd who was unable to attend the meeting. Latham said Where it stands right now, the FMCA board voted to appropriate 4k towards revision and was basically still waiting to hear from DOH and FDACS for funding. Aaron has committee members and chapter coordinators ready to go. The only hold up is if the funding is ready. Blackmore asked, what is the timeline for printing? My agency standpoint is that not knowing what the Zika situation will hold, there has been a concern about that. I do feel that as we get the granting mechanism sorted out and it gets under way and we have a better sense of where we are going there will be more comfort in 6
allocating funds. So, it seems to me that there ought to be a way to get to that but I can t commit. Regarding costs, James Clauson asked do you know what it ran last time? Latham responded, the editing ran about 10k or 12k. Most of the publishing was considered to be electronic. Majority of people are using this technology. It is nice to have a hard copy, however. Daiker said, I talked to Aaron about this. He said that it is used as a text resource, so I think there is something to be said for having a hard copy. Blackmore noted, my thought was that I need to get with Aaron on some written talking points. We have a meeting this week to discuss some of these things and hopefully we should have a clearer picture. I need something written up. Doug Carlson noted, I ve been involved with Aaron on the early stages of this. I don t think the editing cost as much as we think it did. I think it was more on 6-8k. The paper publishing was the largest part of the 20k total that we are talking about. I think we could get going right now, without any money up front. But time an effort considered, we need an indication of funding in the future. You could go electronically but it would be nice to have some as a booklet for easy access. 10.) RESEARCH PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE Daiker proposed to open the floor for discussion on understanding the topics to be ranked, in general. David cook noted there are two on here that I am not sure on -the application of residual vegetative barriers and storm water? Clauson responded, those are barriers with adulticides. Rogers added when the mosquitoes land they pick up a lethal dose. Latham noted, storm water is man-made mosquito breeding habitats like dry retention, wet retention, storm water runoff, that is engineered but it becomes a habitat. Daiker noted that these will be ranked independently, 5 being most important, 1 being least important. Daiker asked, do we want to clarify attractants and repellants? Randy Dominy responded, Repellants are more on a protective, and attractants are for trapping. Spatial repellants are an exciting area that could offer protection. Paul Linser noted, from a research prospective, the research folks will be looking at visual and chemical ques, so we should be fine. During the Research Prioritization Exercise, Heath Rauschenberger sat in for Lourdes Mena, who could not attend the meeting. The results of the Research Prioritization Exercise can be found as Attachment 5 11.) COUNCIL MEMBER S COMMENTS AND ISSUES There was nothing further to report. 12.) GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT There was nothing further to report. 13.) NEXT STEPS AND AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING Daiker made a motion to move the May meeting to Anastasia Mosquito Control Program. This motion was unanimously approved. Daiker also made a motion to schedule the September 2017 meeting for September 26, 2017 at CITRA. This was unanimously approved. 14.) 1:55 PM Adjourn The council voted unanimously to adjourn at 1:55 PM. 7
COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP AND COMMITTEES MEMBER Carina Blackmore, DVM, Ph.D. Parks Small David Cook Davis Daiker, Ph.D. (Chair) Randy Dominy Jorge Rey, Ph.D. Vacant Ed Irby Lourdes Mena Mark Latham Paul Linser, Ph.D. Ken Linthicum, Ph.D. Vacant James Clauson David Clarke AFFILIATION Florida Department of Health; State Public Health Veterinarian Florida Department of Environmental Protection Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission FDACS, Bureau of Scientific Evaluation and Technical Assistance U.S. Environmental Protection Agency IFAS Florida Medical Entomological Research Laboratory Representative of Florida Environmental Group Private Citizen U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Manatee County Mosquito Control District Audubon Florida Representative of Florida Environmental Group U. S. Department of Agriculture Private Citizen Beach Mosquito Control District DEP Division of State Lands, Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMPERILED SPECIES Ricardo Zambrano (Chair), Jaret Daniels (UF), Patricia Harden (Florida Defenders of the Environment), Larry Hribar (Keys MCD), Jeff Stivers (Collier MCD), Lourdes Mena (USFWS), and Harris Walters (FDACS). SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANAGED MARSHES Doug Carlson (Chair), John Beidler, Ron Brockmeyer, Connie Cassler, Tamy Dabu, Paul Haydt, Stan Howarter, Shelly Redovan, Jorge Rey, Douglas Scheidt, and Scott Taylor. RESEARCH SELECTION SUBCOMMITTEE Dan Kline (Chair), James Cilek, Jonathan Hornby, Paul Linser, Zack Prusak, Donald Shroyer, Peter Jiang, Ruide Xue and Larry Hribar. FCCMC CONTACT INFORMATION Chair: Dr. Davis Daiker; Davis.Daiker@freshfromflorida.com Coordinator: Shalom Siebert; Shalom.Siebert@freshfromflorida.com 8
ATTACHMENT 1 TO: FLORIDA COORDINATING COUNCIL ON MOSQUITO CONTROL REPORT FROM: DOUG CARLSON, CHAIRMAN-SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANAGED MARSHES (SOMM) January 16, 2017 ***************************************************** LAST SOMM MEETING (Nov. 2016) Our last SOMM meeting was held at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville, Florida. Topics presented for discussion included: An update by Sherry Burroughs (Indian River Mosquito Control District) on the current status of Zika in Florida. Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program (IRLNEP) Director Dr. Duane DeFreese provided an overview of his program with the goal of nurturing a collaborative approach to solving Indian River Lagoon challenges by working across agencies, jurisdictions and land ownership. Dr. DeFreeze noted that their goals are closely related to those of SOMM in promoting a healthy ecosystem and public awareness of lagoonal issues. An afternoon field trip was to several impoundments within the Canaveral National Seashore which suffered some damage due to Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. SOMM MEMBERSHIP CHANGES: Dr. Scott Taylor (who retired in early 2015 from the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program but had remained active on SOMM) submitted his resignation from SOMM as he is moving to the west coast of Florida. Dr. Taylor had been a member of SOMM for about 15 years and for the last decade or so had served as SOMM s Recording Secretary. NEXT SOMM MEETING (Spring 2017) The next SOMM meeting is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2017. A date and location have not yet been determined. 9
ATTACHMENT 2 TO: FLORIDA COORDINATING COUNCIL ON MOSQUITO CONTROL REPORT FROM: RICARDO ZAMBRANO, CHAIR- SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMPERILED SPECIES (SOIS) January 11, 2017 The SOIS met December 5, 2016. In attendance were: Jaret Daniels (University of Florida), Larry Hribar (Florida Keys Mosquito Control), Pat Harden (Defenders of Wildlife), Lourdes Mena (US Fish and Wildlife Service) and Ricardo Zambrano (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). Not present: Harris Walters (FDACS). The SOIS discussed filling Jeff Stivers position on the subcommittee. Jeff, with Collier County Mosquito Control recently retired. The names of two people with local mosquito controls were recommended. Ricardo will follow-up and request the participation of one of them. Also discussed was the need to fill Dana Bryan s (DEP s Florida Park Service) vacancy. Ricardo will inquire with State Parks for a recommendation. SEE ADDENDUM BELOW SINCE A VOTE IS REQUIRED The first order of business was to make introductions and give a brief overview of the SOIS role and why it was formed. Dr. Daniels then provide a brief update on the grant he submitted to the Conservation Recovery Initiative (CRI). The CRI is a grant source for listed species recovery work. The grants are only applicable to work taking place on National Wildlife Refuges. If UF gets the grant it will be applied towards Miami blue butterfly host plant preferences in the lab and for captive bred butterfly augmentation at the National Key Deer Refuge, Key West National Wildlife Refuge, and Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, Long Key State Park, and Bahia Honda State Park. Dr. Daniels also informed the SOIS that Miami blue butterfly larvae and eggs were collected in November, 2016 for captive breeding at the UF Gainesville lab. Butterflies could be released in the Florida Keys possibly as early as February. Mosquito spraying for Aedes aegypti, which are primarily urban, would not conflict with reintroductions. DEP/State Lands new policy of adulticiding on state lands was discussed. The original policy was from 1987. At that time there was a lot of pollution from mineral oil. The amount of product/acre was high. Now ultra-low volume droplets are smaller which decreases the amount of product used. The concern is that with the Zika scare in Miami there may now be a more widespread interest in proactive mosquito spraying. An example was brought up by Ricardo about a local university which wanted to mosquito spray. According to Larry Hribar there is a state rule that says there has to be an increase in mosquito numbers to spray. In the FL Keys, BTI is used more than adulticiding and only when inspectors detect an increase in mosquito numbers. The next SOIS meeting is tentatively scheduled for the Spring of 2017. 10
ADDENDUM: Michael Hudon - Research Entomologist with the Indian River Mosquito Control District has agreed to be on the subcommittee. The Council will have to vote to accept him to the subcommittee. Michael s Bio: B.S. Medical Technology FIU 1986 Currently licensed as a Clinical Laboratory Supervisor License # SU 26644 in the following specialties: Microbiology, Serology, Molecular Pathology, Hematology, Immunohematology, Clinical Chemistry. Public Health Applicator License # PH9866 with Advanced Inspector Sprayer certification and Research and Demonstration category Quality Assurance manager - Quest Diagnostics ~7years Research Biologist - Bayer CropScience ~5years Chairperson American Mosquito Control Association Subcommittee on Endangered Species ~5years Research Entomologist - Indian River Mosquito Control District ~13years Bee College 2014, 2015 Rare Fruit Council Member ~27 years Some hobbies are gardening, fishing, surfing, computing, fruit trees, homesteading. 11
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ATTACHMENT 5 FCCMC RESEARCH TOPIC PRIORITIES 2017 Research Funding Prioritization Exercise Results January 24, 2017 Research Topic Rank Raw Score Domestic Mosquito Control 1 57 Disease- Surveillance/Control/Risk Prediction 2 56 Application- Adulticides 2 56 Pesticide- New Products 2 56 Pesticide- Non-target effects: chronic or acute 5 54 Pesticide- Efficacy/ Resistance 6 52 Mosquito Ecology/Biology/ Population Dynamics 7 50 Non Pesticide Control/ Products 8 49 Mosquito Surveillance/ Trapping Systems 8 49 Application- Larvicides 10 48 Emerging Pathogens 11 47 Application-Residual Vegetative Barriers 12 46 Public Education/ Risk Communication 13 41 Environmental Residue Monitoring 14 40 Attractants/Repellants 14 40 Storm Water 16 35 18