Page 1 NEW ORLEANS MOSQUITO & TERMITE CONTROL BOARD JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH REPORT 2004 2008 ANNUAL REPORT DIRECTOR’S REPORT Annual report on the activities of the City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board Aedes aegypti during the period of January through December, 2008 The following reports document the accomplishments of the em- 6601 Stars & Stripes Blvd. ployees of the City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Con- New Orleans, LA 70126 trol Board. Considering the post-Katrina circumstances under which we (504) 658-2400 continue to operate, I cannot over emphasize that our employees have
[email protected] done a truly remarkable job this year. www.cityofno.com Nuisance and potential disease vector mosquitoes and their related CITY OF NEW ORLEANS human diseases were at or below normal. Rodent activity and residential Mayor C. Ray Nagin service requests continues to decline. We are seeing the results of inten- Dr. Brenda Hatfield, CAO sive rat baiting pressure on these populations. Dr. Michael K. Carroll, Director Dr. Claudia Riegel, Asst. Director As has now become the new norm, termite and spider research and Mr. Edgar Bordes, Director Emeritus control has continued at a fast pace, producing both control of these pests Dr. Kenneth Boutte, and publishable data that can be used by our peers. Biological Co-Chairman Mr. Gary C. Meadows, It is this writer’s sincere desire and goal to be typing this annual Technical Co-Chairman Mr. Reginald Glass, report prelude behind his new desk in his new office in our new admini- Vice Chairman stration building in 2010.