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Metro Mosquito Control District previews strategy, drones and expected cattail surge
Summary
MMCD staff told the board that larval control remains the core strategy, the agency will expand drone use for small to mid‑size sites, and last year's heavy rains signal a likely rise in cattail mosquito populations this spring.
Daniel Huff, executive director of the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD), and Alex Carlson, MMCD public affairs manager, presented program priorities to the Carver County Board on Feb. 11, describing surveillance, control methods and planned changes for 2025.
Huff said the district’s mission is public health‑focused mosquito and tick surveillance and control across the seven‑county Twin Cities metro area. Carlson said MMCD operates larval control as its primary tool and that last year’s wet weather produced heavy demand for helicopter and field treatments.
Carlson summarized operations: MMCD surveys wetlands and catch basins, runs an entomology lab in St. Paul that can test for West Nile virus on site, and conducts both…
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