Ashland Announces Citywide Mosquito-Control Schedule
ASHLAND — The City of Ashland will conduct two rounds of mosquito-control treatment throughout the city during August and September.
An area contractor will apply insecticide in all four city wards and numerous parks and recreational areas. Treatment will begin at approximately 7 p.m. each scheduled evening.
The first round is scheduled for:
Wards 1 and 2: Wednesday, Aug. 5
Wards 3 and 4: Thursday, Aug. 6
The second round is scheduled for:
Wards 1 and 2: Wednesday, Sept. 16
Wards 3 and 4: Thursday, Sept. 17
Applications will take place after scheduled park activities, including ballgames, concerts and pavilion use, have concluded. City parks close at 10 p.m.
The mosquito-control program uses a combination of spraying and fogging based on the size and layout of each area. Larger parks will primarily be fogged around their perimeters, ballfields and tree lines to minimize the impact on fields and grassy areas. City streets and smaller parks will be sprayed or fogged.
Treatment locations include:
All four city wards
Brookside Park
Brookside West Park
Cahn Grove Park
Davis Road Park
Kinnaman Park
Spring Run Park on 16th Street
Emmons Field
Miller Field
Evergreen Park
Community Soccer Complex
Bicentennial Park
The city’s strategy includes the use of an adulticide through fogging to target adult mosquitoes.
Mosquito traps are also placed throughout the city and Ashland County, allowing the Ashland County Health Department to identify mosquito species in the area and monitor any diseases they may be carrying.
Residents can also help control mosquitoes by using mosquito dunks in standing water. The dunks slowly release a bacterium consumed by mosquito larvae, killing mosquitoes during their developmental stages. Each dunk remains effective in water for approximately 30 days.
Mosquito dunks are available free of charge through the Ashland County Health Department.
Residents seeking additional information about the insecticide may review the Material Safety Data Sheet provided through the city’s mosquito-control webpage.
