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Coachella Valley mosquito district highlights surveillance, drone use and sterile‑male trials
Summary
Trustee Doug Walker and district staff updated the Palm Desert City Council on mosquito surveillance, limited drone operations in hard-to-reach areas, an expanding public-education program, and experimental sterile-male mosquito releases as a non‑chemical control option; the trustee stressed public outreach and that released sterile males do not bite.
The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District presented an update to the Palm Desert City Council March 26 outlining surveillance and emerging control tactics, district officials said.
Trustee Doug Walker — recognized earlier in the meeting for a Service with Distinction award — described the district’s science-based surveillance program that uses traps across the valley to identify…
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