STATE RECLAMATION BOARD 

 John J. McColgan, Chairman 



This year the State Reclamation Board welcomed Mr. Gilbert A. Bliss, 

 Director of Forest and Parks, to the Board. Mr. Bliss is the third member of 

 the Board representing the Department of Environmental Management. 



The Reclamation Board had its hands full when the South Shore Mosquito 

 Control Project was terminated. This mosquito control project was established 

 as a voluntary trust; ten municipalities on the south shore area funded the 

 project through voluntary contributions raised at town meetings. For the 

 first time, the Reclamation Board had responsibility to liquidate a mosquito 

 project. The monies received are being reimbursed to those member communities 

 of the south shore with the satisfaction of the South Shore Commission. 



During Fiscal 81, the Town of Lexington voted to re-enter the East 

 Middlesex County Mosquito Control Project after voting out previous years. 

 The Town of Wellesley opted to withdraw from the mosquito control project. 

 Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project gained one city but lost four 

 towns. The city of Leominster voted to be a member of the CMMCP and the 

 Towns of Bolton, Hopkinton, Sterling, and Stow withdrew from the project. 



The Town of Milton via letter of the Selectmen thanked the Norfolk 

 County Mosquito Control Project for their effective efforts in fighting the 

 mosquito populations. The Town of Milton withdrew, citing Proposition 2h 

 as the reason. NCMCP accepted the Town of Braintree as a member this year; 

 previously, Braintree was a member of South Shore Mosquito Control Project. 



The Town of Monterey received legislative approval to withdraw from 

 Berkshire County Mosquito Control Project. 



The Towns of Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Norwell, and Scituate, previous 

 members of the terminated South Shore Mosquito Control Project, entered the 

 existing Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project. Again this year interest 

 was expressed in a mosquito control project in the southwest area of 

 Worcester County. The proposed legislation was not successful. 



This year the Board voted and approved a policy statement in regards 

 to aerial adulticide application for mosquito control. The policy statement 

 provides guidelines to municipalities and mosquito control projects relative 

 to sound pesticide choices for controlling mosquitoes. It would limit the 

 use of certain registered pesticides during conditions that would warrant 

 alternative choices. This year the Board sponsored two bills compatible with 

 the above policy statement. One bill, an act relative to mosquito control by 

 cities and towns in mosquito control projects or districts, was signed into law 

 by Governor King. (Chapter 302 Acts and Resolves). This law allows municipalities 

 within an organized mosquito control project to raise monies for mosquito 

 abatement in addition to the amount assessed by the project. The mosquito 

 control would be under the supervision of the mosquito control project. 



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