Mosquito Control | The Herald Times

No aerial spraying for Meeker this year

MEEKER | Town Manager Mandi Etheridge told Meeker’s Board of Trustees Tuesday that she contacted Coulter Aviation to check on availability for aerial mosquito spraying this year and learned that owner Lanny Coulter has retired his aerial spraying operation. Coulter suggested contacting Mountain Air Spraying in Craig, but said they[Read More…]

June 22, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

ROBERTS TALKS WATER & MORE …

Colorado District 8 Senator Dylan Roberts met with members of the White River Alliance (WRA) at Chipper’s Bar & Grill last week to discuss a variety of subjects related to river health and riparian restoration. Robert’s spent about half the meeting listening to concerns and taking notes. WRA member’s focused[Read More…]

June 14, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Alliance talks mosquito control

RBC | Seeking to find out more about effective mosquito control, the White River Alliance asked Jesse Schroeder, the Director of Weed and Pest Control from neighboring Moffat County, to help answer that question. Moffat has been using an Integrated Pest Management program for several years, which targets mosquito larvae[Read More…]

January 26, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

NEWS NOTES: January 20, 2022

Open mic night at brewery MEEKER | Open Mic Night Thursday, Jan. 20, 4 to 8 p.m. at Smoking River Brewing Co. All Ages are welcome. Co-hosted by Meeker Arts and Cultural Council. River Alliance to discuss mosquito management MEEKER | The next meeting of the White River Alliance will[Read More…]

January 19, 2022 by [email protected] Comments are Disabled

Separating the good from the bad in Rio Blanco bugs

PRESS RELEASE | Special to the Herald Times RBC | Rio Blanco residents had their “antennae up” as bug expert Nina Louden from the Colorado Department of Agriculture — Insectary shared her observations and knowledge about how to put bugs to work and save money for Rio Blanco County and[Read More…]

May 7, 2021 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Up, up and a-spray…

Mosquitos begone! Have you noticed any decrease in the prevalence of the pesky creatures after aerial spraying this year?

July 10, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Market St. crosswalks coming

MEEKER I With Mayor Kent Borchard at the helm for the first time, the Meeker Board of Trustees met Tuesday for the regular board meeting. The board appointed town officers: Administrator Lisa Cook, Clerk Amy Tupy, Attorney Melody Massih, Municipal Judge Laurie Noble and swore in new Chief of Police[Read More…]

May 9, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Reserves needed to balance 2020 Meeker budget

MEEKER | Tuesday was the final hearing for the 2020 town of Meeker budget, which will be formally adopted at the Dec. 12 meeting. The total budget for the general fund, with changes made since the October presentation, totals $3,463,166. Of that, $1,407,392 is budgeted for capital improvements including $400,000[Read More…]

November 22, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Yet another report on chemical warfare in Meeker

Dear Editor: Meeker’s celebratory Fourth of July spraying has resumed. I have fresh data on the results of that spraying but no new conclusions. I might as well recycle the report from 2017—or from 2002 or any of the intervening years. With my wife’s help, I sampled insects knocked down[Read More…]

July 17, 2019 by Niki Turner 16 comments

Killing skeeters…

July 2, 2016 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Mosquito control planned

RANGELY I The town of Rangely has authorized Coulter Aviation to perform aerial spraying for control of flies and mosquitoes in the Rangely area. The area to be sprayed will include the swamps and wetlands adjacent to the White River starting at Taylor Draw Dam and following the river to[Read More…]

June 28, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled