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Mixed Views of Ponds to Control Mosquitoes, The New York Times, 12/18/05
Fight skeeters, but don't spray, The Suffolk Times, 12/1/05
Baykeeper Wins Round in Court, Southampton Press/Press of Manorville and Moriches, 8/25/05
Mosquito Control Plan Found to be Illegal, East Hampton Star, 8/25/05
Peconic Baykeeper wins latest lawsuit challenging Suffolk County's mosquito control activities, Newsday, 8/19/05
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy abandons mosquito ditching for 2005. (See page 6 for mosquito comments.) About one month after seeking approval for the 2005 Vector Control Plan of Work that included mechanized reditching of tidal wetlands, the administration has reversed its position and acknowledged the harm from ditching that produces no real benefit in mosquito control.
Suffolk's Toxic Ways, Southampton Press, 12/23/04
"Like Lola, whatever Suffolk County's Division of Vector Control wants, it gets."
Peconic Baykeeper Files Federal Lawsuit, Newsday, 10/9/04
Southampton Town Trustees Join Peconic Baykeeper in Suit, Southampton Press, 8/12/04
The Flight of the Mosquito, Fire Island Tide, 7/23/04
Buzz, Dans Papers, 6/4/04
"Vector Control devotes over 90% of a three million dollar annual budget to controlling salt marsh mosquitoes that present no threat to human health."
Suffolk Closeup, Southampton Press & East Hampton Star, 5/27/04
Baykeeper Set to File New Lawsuit, Traveler Watchman, 5/20/04
Rethink Mosquito Spray-Plan, Newsday, 5/14/04
"For now, county crews are trapping mosquitoes, to identify the species and make sure they don't carry West Nile virus... That's as far as Suffolk should go for now..."
Stop the Spraying, The Press of Manorville & the Moriches, 4/18/04
"It's nice to see that someone, somewhere remembers DDT and the destruction that it wreaked."
Suffolk County's Mosquito Control Plan Found Illegal, 8/18/05
Peconic Baykeeper Files Federal Suit to Enforce Clean Water Act, 11/8/04
Baykeeper Sues to Rescind Ditching Permit, 8/6/04
DEC Flunks Wetlands Protection, 7/19/04
County Violates Federal Clean Water Act, 5/17/04
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