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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, September 8, 2017)\u00a0Wetlands are important habitats for many creatures, and provide critical environmental services that impact human, economic, and social activity and mosquito management. \"\"Wetlands improve water quality, sequester carbon, remove or neutralize pollutants, control flooding, protect adjacent areas from erosion, and host a multitude of beneficial plant and animal species \u2014 not to mention their recreational and aesthetic value.As recently reported in\u00a0The Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0a federally funded project underscores the importance of wetlands in controlling mosquito populations.<\/p>\n

The Courier-Journal<\/em> article highlights the construction of 12,000 square feet of new wetlands and marshlands in Louisville. The project was funded with a $9,500 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and arose from the partnership of the Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, the Sheltowee Environmental Education Coalition, and a local nonprofit, the Passionist\u00a0Earth & Spirit Center. Thomas Biebighauser<\/a>, a wildlife and wetlands biologist, designed the project, which also involved engineering students from the University of Louisville. Impetus for the initiative was in part educational, and in part, a response to the facts that as far back as the 1980s, the area had lost more than 70% of its original wetlands to agriculture and development, and stretches of the nearby Beargrass Creek had been \u201cstraightened\u201d to enhance \u201cflood control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Creation of these new wetlands might cause people reflexively to worry about increased mosquito populations. But as Mr. Biebighauser notes,<\/a> these new wetlands areas are not the highly polluted wetlands of past decades, which did sometimes spread disease via mosquitoes. A training program in constructing highly functional wetlands says,<\/a> \u201cWildlife Biologist Tom Biebighauser has sampled hundreds of natural and constructed wetlands on [Kentucky\u2019s] Daniel Boone National Forest. He has found few to none contain mosquito larvae, and nearly all contain mosquito predators. An important fact . . . is that the watersheds of these wetlands are typically vegetated with grasses and trees, with no erosion or pesticide runoff. In other words, they\u2019re healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Healthy, functioning wetlands actually can result in fewer mosquitoes, because such areas invite and support a host of beneficial species, many of whom predate on mosquito larvae. Among those are dragonfly larvae, damselfly larvae, water striders, diving beetles, salamanders, frogs, and toads. In addition, swallows, bats, ducks, fish, and adult dragonflies, which thrive in or near such habitats, consume adult mosquitoes. Native\u00a0sedges, rushes, and wildflowers, which help attract these beneficial organisms, will be planted around the small ponding areas of the project.<\/p>\n

Wetlands are sometimes described as Nature\u2019s \u201ckidneys\u201d for their cleaning and filtering functions. Wesley Sydnor, a Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District engineer who oversees stormwater programs, and who helped with the effort, says<\/a>, “There is a lot of water quality value in the practice of routing runoff through wetland treatment before it gets into the stream.\u201d Wetlands also reduce flooding because they act as a \u201csponge,\u201d absorbing excess water that might otherwise flood adjacent areas.<\/p>\n

Use of wetlands as mosquito management mechanisms may seem ironic; people commonly think of them as sources of mosquitoes because the organisms need standing water for breeding. Indeed, mosquito \u201ccontrol\u201d programs often recommend draining wetland areas as a strategy. But wetlands restoration or construction controls populations by providing good habitat for mosquito predators, and by preventing or reducing flooding in areas that aren\u2019t normally wet and therefore support mosquitoes but not their predators.<\/p>\n

Mosquitoes have extremely short life cycles (4\u201330 days), but the laid eggs can remain dormant for more than a year, only to hatch when an area again becomes wet. Areas that have been drained might need only a rainstorm to trigger hatching of existing eggs, and can produce more<\/em> mosquitoes than they would have had they been left as functioning wetlands. Healthy wetlands can result in fewer mosquitoes than those that have been \u201cmanaged\u201d with some typical control approaches, such as drainage, channeling, or biological or chemical means.<\/p>\n

The Indiana Wetland Conservation Plan points out<\/a> that when the Essex County (Massachusetts) Mosquito Control Project restored a 1,500 acre wetland, the mosquito population dropped by 90%. The plan suggests, \u201cIf you own or manage drained wetlands, you can expect \u2018blooms\u2019 of mosquitoes after every rain. If you\u2019re tired of donating blood, consider restoring or creating a healthy wetland. Within days, natural predators of mosquitoes will begin to return. Not only will you be reducing the mosquito population, you\u2019ll also be creating excellent wildlife habitat, reducing the likelihood of flooding on adjacent ground, improving water quality, and possibly, [seeing] other benefits, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside of wetlands, and often on people\u2019s residential or other properties, there are many areas of standing water that do<\/em> boost mosquito populations \u2014 old tires, containers, untended bird baths, clogged gutters, hollow logs, even shallow areas that don\u2019t percolate well and create temporary \u201cpools.\u201d A single tire collecting rainwater can breed more than 500 mosquitoes. People are concerned, of course, about the diseases that mosquitoes can transmit. It\u2019s important to be aware that the West Nile Virus is transmitted primarily by Culex pipiens<\/em>,<\/a> the \u201chouse mosquito,\u201d which does not like to breed in wetlands, but loves to do so in the various areas or containers people tend to provide.<\/p>\n

There are myriad ways to support nontoxic approaches to controlling mosquito populations: one is to encourage healthy wetlands by advocate with your municipality and state for wetlands restoration or construction initiatives where that makes sense. Cleaning up any rainwater collectors is another, as is installing bat houses or tree swallow nesting boxes wherever possible to invite these avaricious mosquito predators to take up residence.<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides emphasizes eliminating such collection objects or areas<\/a> on one\u2019s property to limit mosquito populations and reduce the need for more destructive or toxic controls (such as pesticides),<\/a> and suggests methods for safely repelling mosquitoes<\/a>. Learn more about backyard mosquito management,<\/a> and share the information with neighbors, the community, and municipalities with Beyond Pesticides\u2019 handy doorknob hanger.<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/tech\/science\/environment\/2017\/08\/31\/new-wetlands-benefit-bellarmine-university-st-agnes-catholic-school\/609351001<\/a><\/p>\n

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The project was funded with a $9,500 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and arose from the partnership of the Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, the Sheltowee Environmental Education Coalition, and a local nonprofit, the Passionist\u00a0Earth & Spirit Center. Thomas Biebighauser, a wildlife and wetlands biologist, designed the project, which also involved engineering students from the University of Louisville. Impetus for the initiative was in part educational, and in part, a response to the facts that as far back as the 1980s, the area had lost more than 70% of its original wetlands to agriculture and development, and stretches of the nearby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nA Healthy Wetland Shown To Be an Important Tool in Mosquito Management - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2017\/09\/healthy-wetland-important-tools-mosquito-management\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Healthy Wetland Shown To Be an Important Tool in Mosquito Management - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, September 8, 2017)\u00a0Wetlands are important habitats for many creatures, and provide critical environmental services that impact human, economic, and social activity and mosquito management. 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