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West Nile
Virus Prevention in Tunica County "Before West Nile Virus began appearing in
Louisiana, we were running one spray truck every other night in the more
populated areas of the county," said Tunica County Administrator Ken
Murphree. "We have since put another truck into service and have increased
the spraying schedule to every night." The town of Tunica has its own
mosquito control vehicle, which operates nightly within the city limits. Abandoned tires are preferred breeding areas for the
mosquitoes which carry West Nile Virus, but the insects don't find many of
them in Tunica County. "We have the most proactive water management program
in the state of Mississippi and one of the best in the country," said
Murphree. "We are in our third year of removing old tires and draining areas
with stagnant water." The Tunica County Soil and Water Management District
has three full-time employees who have removed approximately 1,000 discarded
tires in a two-year period. "We're in pretty good shape right now," said
Murphree. "We're doing everything we can to protect our residents, workers
and visitors from mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus. Fortunately we've
got a pretty good head start and don't have to play catch-up." Article and information supplied by: Jeff Piselli |
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Pictured
is Jake Anderson, a Tunica county employee. He's spraying a larvacide
in a ditch off U.S. Highway 61. Jake is part of a program to kill mosquitoes
before they have the chance to bite anyone.