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Moorhead to cut back on aerial mosquito spraying, herbicide in parks


Lower chemical level and use only after dark are new plan
9:26 pm, May 10, 2021
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Dead monarch butterflies were found across the Fargo area after aerial spraying in August 2020 to control mosquitoes. WDAY photo
MOORHEAD Moorhead is going to be using fewer chemicals this summer.
The City Council voted unanimously to pay a retainer fee for aerial spraying for mosquitoes but with a lesser amount of pesticide and only after dusk, and also agreed on a 5-3 vote to stop spraying weeds with herbicides in city parks and playgrounds for this year.
Despite agreeing to pay the $12,000 retainer fee for Airborne Vector Control of Halstad, Minn., to do aerial spraying, the city of Moorhead could still opt out of the pest control service this summer after a controversial spraying last August apparently was the cause of a massive kill-off of hundreds or thousands of endangered monarch butterflies. ....

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