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Aerial Larvicide Notification

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans to treat parts of the following salt marshes by helicopter to control mosquito larvae.  Should weather conditions prevent completion of the work, it will be continued on the next suitable day.

Time and date of the application:  August 23-24, 2016, 5:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Method of application:  Low altitude, large droplet liquid application

Name of Pesticide: VectoBac 12AS Liquid Concentrate (Bti – Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) & Altosid Liquid Larvicide Concentrate (Methoprene)

Approximate location(s):

Marshes that will be treated are marked “Yes.”

Town of Babylon

Treat?

Town of Brookhaven (cont.)

Treat?

Sore Thumb

Fireplace Neck

Yes

Oak Beach

Wertheim NWR

Yes

Oak Beach North

Manor of St. George

West Gilgo

Yes

Smith Point North

Yes

Gilgo

Yes

Johns Neck Creek

Yes

Cedar Beach

Yes

Mastic Beach

Yes

Cedar Beach Golf Course

Yes

Pattersquash Island

Oak Island

Yes

Town of Southampton

Ox/Helicopter Island

Yes

Stokes Poges

Gilgo Island

Yes

Jagger Lane

Yes

Town of Islip

Apacuck Point

Yes

Robert Moses CG Station

Moneybogue Bay

Yes

Clam Pond

Yes

Westhampton Dunes

Yes

Captree Island

Yes

Dune Rd (Overton)

Yes

Gardiner Park

Yes

Meadow Lane

Yes

Admiralty/Isbrandtsen

Pending

North Haven

Yes

Scully

Yes

Iron Point

Seatuck NWR

Yes

North Sea

Yes

Islip Preserve

Yes

Town of East Hampton

Quintuck Creek

Yes

Napeague

Yes

Heckscher State Park

Yes

Beach Hampton

Timber Point

Yes

Accabonac Harbor

Yes

Idle Hour

Yes

Town of Riverhead

Pepperidge Hall

Yes

Indian Island

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