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Innovative
Mosquito Management, Inc. PO Box 1304 Madison, CT 06443 |
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To contact us: |
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Phone: (203)
245-7015 Email:
info@innovativemosquito.com |
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Mosquito
Management—A History |
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IMM, Inc. |
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A brief history of mosquito control Mosquitoes have been among
the most troublesome pests on the Connecticut shoreline for a long time. By
1900, with the knowledge certain species transmitted disease, this annoyance
became a matter of both public and private concern. In 1915, under authority
of the CT General Assembly, the CT Agricultural Experiment Station began a
program to combat mosquito populations in cooperation with municipal health
officers. A State Mosquito Commission, composed of representatives of the
Experiment Station, Department of Health, Board of Fisheries and Game, and
Water Commission, was assigned this responsibility in 1939. It was
transferred to the Section of Mosquito Control within the State Department of
Health in 1951, where control remained until the Connecticut General Assembly
discontinued funding for mosquito control in 1991. The Mosquito Control
Section concentrated their efforts on the salt marsh mosquitoes along the
coastline. Using an integrated program of open marsh water management, tidal
gate management, inspection, chemical and biological agents, the CT shoreline
enjoyed effective, low-cost mosquito control. That two-year absence allowed
relatively unchecked mosquito breeding to flourish. Numerous complaints
during the summer of 1994 redefined mosquito control as a priority. Kurt Ehrhart, President of
Innovative Mosquito Management, Inc., has managed mosquito populations in
Connecticut for over 10 years as a member of the Department of Health and in
private practice. |