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March 16, 1972

Mr. R.A. Freeman

City Clerk

The Corporation of the City
of Port Coquitlam

2272 McCallister Avenue

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

Dear Mr. Freeman:

Re: Mosquito Control} Propram - 1972.

In reply to your letter cf February 16, 1972 concerning the above
subject, I can advise you as follows.

The Department of Agriculture hes for Many years made a grant for
mosquito control co the Fraser Valley Mosquito Control Board and other similar
organizations throughout the Province. ‘This grant amounts te 15% of the total
monies spent the previous yeare In 197i our grant to the Fraser Valley Board
was $3700.00. This is in addition to technical services which we have provided

and still provide,

There is Presently available sufficient knowledge respecting equipment,
drainage requirements, chemicals etc. to implement a good program of ground
control of mosquitoes in your area. Our entomologists have long advocated the
implementation of more extensive use of these techniques to che Fraser Valley
Mosquito Board. However, such advise has been largely ignored. Such & prograr:
of ground contrel can cniy be inplemented svecesstully only under the directicn

Of a competentc manager or diractor who has sufficient time to Plan and divec‘
the program. The present program as suggested by SFEC to be carried ous unda:
the Opportunities for Youth Grant in the City of Porte Coquitlam iz as far as wo
can determine composed of two phases. ,

(a) implementation of ground conrrol practices. (such as we have
advocated for years and before SPEC was in existence.)

(b) research into the use of the use of Parasites, predators and
pathogens,

Research of a similar nature has been carried out for years by
qualified research sclentists tn many other areas, but as yet litcle,
if any, practical application of their use is known. this does svt
Suggest that more research is not needed, but it does suggest chat

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