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Dorsett encourages town to change mosquito control program

A test conducted after aerial spraying in 2017 revealed just one of 161 dead insects was a mosquito.

MEEKER |Dr. Bob Dorsett has been trying to convince Meeker’s board of trustees that the annual aerial spraying of pesticides before Range Call is not the best way to control the pesky insects. This year he pointed out a new reason for the town to consider rethinking its mosquito control program: the algae overgrowth problem in…