Some good insecticides for use in your yards are "Tempo" & "Sevin" 

The City of Jamestown Vector Control Department is a relatively new department.  While other cities have had this kind of program for years, Jamestown just started their Vector Control Department in the summer of 1999.  It is funded on a $1.00 tax on Jamestown home-owners' monthly water bill.  

What Vector Control is: The purpose of the vector control program is to control the mosquito population in and around the city of Jamestown.  Realistically, we can not kill every mosquito in Jamestown, but we can apply certain techniques to at least substantially decrease their numbers.  This is done by two different techniques, known as larvaciding  and adulticiding.  

Effective mosquito management requires a well-planned program.  Such programs often are expensive, complex, and require the cooperation of individual homeowners, industry and agriculture groups, and local and state governments.   A mosquito management program may be justified when it can be demonstrated that mosquito annoyance prevents the reasonable use of yards, gardens, and parks, or when mosquito populations pose health problems beyond the reasonable control of individual property owners.  A successful mosquito management program consists of four major steps: public awareness, surveillance, implementation of management techniques, and program evaluation. 

Questions or comments?   Email us at: vectorcntl@jamestownnd.com

Have a question on a tree?  Email Jamestown's City Forester at forester@jamestownnd.com

*Material in this web page is directly quoted from the following sources:

MOSQUITOES OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE AND THEIR CONTROL, provided by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by the Public Health Service's Center for Disease Control.

Community Insect Management, provided by Iowa State University.  Revision Jan 99.

INSECTS AND RELATED ARTHROPODS of Public Health and Nuisance Importance in North Dakota, prepared by Dean K. McBride, Extension Entomologist; Cooperative Extension Service, North Dakota State University.

Mosquito Control Guide, provided by VAN DIEST SUPPLY COMPANY, 6th Edition.