Douglas County Mosquito Abatements (DCMAD)'s concern is protecting the public as much as possible from mosquitoes and the diseases they carry.  Our first line of defense is surveying areas where water flows for mosquito larvae and adding a larvicide product which is specific to mosquito larvae to the water.  One "rack" of mosquito eggs laid in vegetative water can produce 300 mosquitoes.  Larviciding water keeps mosquitoes from hatching.   But it doesn't always eliminate all larvae and adults will hatch.  Our second line of defense is to adulticide or "ground fog".  There is more information on the Ground Fogging page here on this website.  We realize that we wanted to provide the public with more notice of our ground fogging applications so we have implemented new notification procedures.  Optimally, these notices will be a 48 Hour Notification.

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1.  Notification will be made here on the front page of this website with a maps of the area as well as under Fogging Notices accessed above.

2.  Notification will be made on our Facebook page.

3.  Signs will be put up at entrances to the fogging area.

4.  Notification will be posted in the Record Courier Morning Report.

5.  Email notification will be made to HOA managers for dissemination to their areas.

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