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Ecologically Sound Program to reduce Mosquitos & Blackflies

The city of Ottawa recently orchestrated a non-chemical, ecologically sound program to reduce mosquito and blackfly population in the Kanata North area. As a good Canadian, I was very critical of this initiative - saying things like "come on people...this is Canada! Just accept our little friends as part of the deal".

Well the results here are amazing. The program reduces populations by 80 to 90 percent...we back onto a beaver pond and where we could not sit on our deck a year ago, we now happily eat dinner and watch the sun setting with NO harassment whatsoever. I am happy to continue to pay $20 per year for this great change. May and June have been like September here.

I contacted the company that does the service and they do this for cottage communities ...Mont Trembant is a big client for example. Would there be interested in looking into this for Skootamatta or a larger area? It would really improve May through July based on what we have experienced here. It might even help the tourism trade in the area.

Because we are fewer people over a large area the costs would be hundreds of dollars a year...probably...but it might be good to get some pricing.

Martin Aass