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~""~ ~"" ° ...Y Environmental Mosquito Management: "A Statement of Philosophy" Until recently the control of mosquitoes, as well as other pests in urban and agricultural environments, has meant a heavy reliance upon chemicals to reduce pest numbers once an outbreak has occurred. Pesticides have resulted in many remarkable successes in controlling a wide variety of urban and agricultural pests. However, this reliance on pesticides has fueled major concerns and controversies. Research scientists in certain disciplines have indicated increasing concern over pest resistance to chemicals, while public and regulatory pressures have often sought to restrict pesticide use largely because of environmental concerns. As a result, there has been an impetus for a major shift, philosophically and practically, to the concept of integrated pest management (IPM), which is defined as follows: " a process consisting of the balanced use of cuiturai, biological and chemical procedures that are environmentally feasible to reduce pest populations to a tolerable level" (Owens 1986). Mosquito control development in the past decade, including biological insecticides, computer technologies and control strategies have provided the necessary tools for implementation of a true IPM approach to community control. These significant advancements have enabled Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management, Inc. to offer a refined IPM approach for the 2000's termed: Environmental Mosquito Management (EMM). EMM, like other pest management programs, should be considered a process and not just a reaction (e.g. spraying an insecticide) to a pest presence. The EMM process places an emphasis on survey and mapping, population monitoring and intense larval control through biological and computer methodologies. The objectives of the EMM program are to control nuisance mosquitoes and reduce the potential of mosquito-borne disease transmission in order to provide a comfortable and healthy atmosphere for community residents. AGREEMENT In the enclosed proposal, our main objective is to control nuisance mosquitoes and reduce the potential of mosquito-borne disease transmission. The focus of this proposal is to control spring mosquito larvae during atwo-week period of peak development. A. A helicopter survey will be performed by Clarke to determine the area of Bradley Woods conducive to larviciding. A map will be made by Clarke showing the area to be sprayed including municipal boundaries and acreage of each community involved. A reproduction of the map will be provided to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for verification of the spray area. It is agreed that the County will use the map only for verifying work done by Clarke or for use by County personnel performing mosquito control applications; the County will not allow use of the map or make it available to other commercial pesticide applicators. The map will be provided to the County prior to