Protests of Mesquito Spraying

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Residents debate mosquitoes, pesticide

Aggressive spraying brings out crowd in Paonia area

By Lofholm

Denver Post Staff Writer

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5256698

Delta - Fogging trucks sit idle in the Paonia/Hotchkiss Mosquito

Control District garage. The first mosquitoes are more than a month

from hatching. But the buzz already is growing loud in the North Fork

Valley.

This agricultural-rich area posted the highest per-capita numbers in

the state for mosquito-borne West Nile virus last year in spite of

aggressive and controversial spraying of pesticides since 1985.

To some residents and officials, that means it's time to do things

differently.

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Even the state health officials don't want routine spraying, which is

a pleasant surprise.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC