The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) continues to make plans to conduct aerial spraying of pheromone in Santa Cruz County as part of a program to eradicate the light brown apple moth. Applications are scheduled in Santa Cruz County on November 4 to 9.
For updated information about the project and for maps identifying the areas in which the night-time treatments will occur, please go to:
www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/PDEP/lbam/lbam_main.html.
You may also download in English and in Spanish the currently posted Santa Cruz area treatment map. This map indicates that the Lower Campus (e.g., Faculty Housing, Cook House, Granary, Carriage House, Facilities, Police, and Parking) is in the treatment zone. So are UCSC operations in some off-campus locations (e.g., UCSC offices on Delaware Avenue).
As indicated on the currently posted Santa Cruz area treatment map, people who have questions about the affected areas and treatment schedule should call the CDFA Pest Hotline at (800) 491-1899.
The following e-mail was distributed to all UCSC students and posted in the Oct. 29-Nov. 4 edition of Currents Online for all members of the UCSC community:
October 23, 2007
To: UCSC Students
Fr: UCSC Office of Public Affairs
Re: Information about moth spraying
As you may already know, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is planning pheromone applications for the Santa Cruz area as part of a program to eradicate the light brown apple moth, a pest that damages crops and other plants. Insects use pheromones to attract mating partners, and the spraying is intended to prevent the moths from reproducing. Applications are scheduled in Santa Cruz County from November 4 to 9.
Information about the Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication Program is available on the CDFA web site at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/PDEP/lbam/lbam_main.html
Please feel free to share this information with any family members who may have concerns about the spraying.
In addition to the eradication program web site, above, the CDFA has provided the following as a "contact" e-mail address for people seeking more information: lbam@cdfa.ca.gov
