{"id":27349,"date":"2023-05-24T14:47:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=27349"},"modified":"2023-05-24T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:47:05","slug":"public-notice-maryland-agencies-to-treat-potomac-river-for-black-fly-control-on-may-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/05\/24\/public-notice-maryland-agencies-to-treat-potomac-river-for-black-fly-control-on-may-25\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC NOTICE: Maryland Agencies to Treat Potomac River for Black Fly Control on May 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27360\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/05\/24\/public-notice-maryland-agencies-to-treat-potomac-river-for-black-fly-control-on-may-25\/attachment\/public-notice-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Public Notice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg?fit=760%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Public-Notice.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 24, 2023) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA)\u2014in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources\u2014will treat a targeted area of the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, as part of a pilot program to control black fly populations in the area. Treatment is scheduled to occur on Thursday, May 25. <br \/><br \/>MDA will apply a Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti)-based larvicide via helicopter (Bell 206 Long Ranger, green and white paint scheme. Tail number is N641HA). Bti is a naturally occurring bacteria found in soils. It is a bacterial insecticide, not a chemical, and is only harmful to a very limited variety of organisms, including midge, black fly, and mosquito larvae and a few other aquatic Dipteran (flies) insects. <br \/><br \/>The treatment may cause temporary discoloration of the water, but it is completely nontoxic and is not harmful to humans, fish, crabs or other aquatic invertebrates. A fact sheet on Bti can be found here.<br \/><br \/>The Black Fly Suppression Pilot Program was established in 2016. For more information on the program, please visit MDA\u2019s website.<br \/><br \/># # #<br \/><br \/>Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter @MdAgDept<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 24, 2023) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA)\u2014in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources\u2014will treat a targeted area of the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, as part of a pilot program to control black fly populations in the area. Treatment is scheduled to occur on Thursday, May 25.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/05\/24\/public-notice-maryland-agencies-to-treat-potomac-river-for-black-fly-control-on-may-25\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27361,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27349\/revisions\/27361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}