{"id":30012,"date":"2026-09-01T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=30012"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:07:01","slug":"public-notice-maryland-department-of-agriculture-to-treat-region-of-dorchester-county-for-mosquitos-through-aerial-spraying-on-september-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/09\/01\/public-notice-maryland-department-of-agriculture-to-treat-region-of-dorchester-county-for-mosquitos-through-aerial-spraying-on-september-1\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC NOTICE: Maryland Department of Agriculture to Treat Region of Dorchester County for Mosquitos through Aerial Spraying on September 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: &#039;times new roman&#039;, times, serif;font-size: 18pt\"><strong>PUBLIC NOTICE: Maryland Department of Agriculture to Treat Region of Dorchester County for Mosquitos through Aerial Spraying on September 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: &#039;times new roman&#039;, times, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD (September 1, 2026)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) will treat a targeted area of Dorchester County to reduce the adult mosquito population in the region. Treatment is scheduled to occur via aerial spraying on the\u00a0<strong>evening of Monday, September 1, 2026,\u00a0<\/strong>weather conditions permitting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#039;times new roman&#039;, times, serif\">The following areas of Dorchester County will be treated: Church Creek, Fishing Creek, Golden Hill, Hoopersville, Hoopers Island, Madison, Mc Keil Point, Smithville, Susquehanna, Taylors Island, and Woolford. Approximately 16,938 acres will be sprayed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: &#039;times new roman&#039;, times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">A twin-engine, white plane with red and blue stripes will apply Trumpet throughout the targeted region, from a height of approximately 300-500 feet above the ground. The aircraft\u2019s registration number is N903MD. Trumpet is a formula containing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/mosquitocontrol\/naled-mosquito-control\">naled<\/a>\u00a0and will be applied at less than 1.0 fluid ounce per acre. Naled is one of the most commonly used insecticides in the United States for mosquito control, and it is not necessary for people, pets, or livestock to leave the area during the spraying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: &#039;times new roman&#039;, times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">This notice satisfies Federal Aviation Administration requirements of notifying the public before aerial spraying occurs over communities.\u00a0<b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: &#039;times new roman&#039;, times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Please contact MDA\u2019s Salisbury office with any questions or concerns at (410) 543-6626. More information is also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/plants-pests\/Pages\/mosquito_control.aspx\">MDA\u2019s Mosquito Control Program website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLIC NOTICE: Maryland Department of Agriculture to Treat Region of Dorchester County for Mosquitos through Aerial Spraying on September 1 ANNAPOLIS, MD (September 1, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) will treat a targeted area of Dorchester County to reduce the adult mosquito population in the region. Treatment is scheduled to occur via aerial<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/09\/01\/public-notice-maryland-department-of-agriculture-to-treat-region-of-dorchester-county-for-mosquitos-through-aerial-spraying-on-september-1\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[403,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mda-newsroom","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30012","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\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30013,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30012\/revisions\/30013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}