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Sacramento-Yolo mosquito district urges Galt residents to report standing water, describes new tools to curb invasive species
Summary
District manager Gary Goodman reviewed West Nile virus surveillance, breeding sources, public services and a new sterile-insect control option during the Galt City Council meeting, urging residents to report mosquito sources and sign up for local notifications.
Gary Goodman, district manager for the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District, told the Galt City Council the district’s priority is protecting public health from mosquito-borne disease. “Our goal is to try to protect public health from mosquito borne disease,” Goodman said, outlining surveillance and control work across Sacramento and Yolo counties.
Goodman said the district has tracked West Nile virus in Sacramento County since 2004 and that most infections are not reported because mild cases never see a doctor. He described the district’s integrated mosquito management: public information and outreach, daily surveillance with traps, biological control using Gambusia (“mosquito fish”), ecological work with large…
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