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November 22, 1972 a

Mayor and Council
District of Coquitlam and City of Port Coquitlam

Sirs:

res Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control Association — 12th . i
Annual Meeting zl

The 1972 Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control Association held a three day 4
meeting in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Management coordination committee 1
at. Eugene, Oregon on October 31, November 1 and 2, 1972, . :

Seven representatives, including myself, from British Columbia, attended this
meeting which drew approximtely seventy persons from all the Northwestern states, ~ 5
British Columbia and Alberta, i

The overall course presentation was good and there were many excellent talks
given. A few presentations, however, like most meetings, I suppose,seem to be an
attempt to relate a biography of their association or organization (or self)
ultimately leading to their individu? topic of discussion. These talks, and
fortunately, they were few, were extremely boring and most annoying.

' Good talks were given by: Mr: James Hoy of the United States Department of
Agriculture in California, who discussed the use of Gambusia (top feeding fish) :
for mosquito control primarily in rice fields; Mr. James Ackerman, EPA, who i
reviewed the new legislation within the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) we:
which is very similar to the legislation that has been in existance in British
Columbia for nearly two years now; Dr. C. Schmidt, Area Director of the Agricul-= :
ture Research Service in North Dakota, who spcke on the Current Status on ‘
Mosquito Control Research in the USDA. Generally, there is nothing new on the :
horizon but they are learning more about the current research; Hr, Merrill Spence, wee
Regional Fish Biologist for the Washington State Fisheries, discussed the pros ‘
and cons of Gambusia affinis, He is very mich against the use of this fish in =

- Washington and feels that the naturally occurring stickleback is just as effective
at mosquito larval control,

Two other interesting talks were presented by: Mr. Gordon Richardson,
Project Engineer, McNary Dam in Umabilla, Oregon, who discussed mosquito control
relative to large river impoundments; and by Mr. Ted Raley, Executive Secretary,
American Mosquito Control Association, who spoke on the resistance problem in
California, This proved to be quite interesting in that, while the problem exists,