{"id":94258,"date":"2019-07-31T17:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94258"},"modified":"2021-06-03T21:55:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T01:55:06","slug":"aerial-spraying-for-black-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94258","title":{"rendered":"Aerial Spraying for Black Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>PA DEP will be conducting an\u00a0aerial black fly (biting gnat) control\u00a0operation along the\u00a0Delaware\u00a0River on Thursday, August 1, beginning at approximately 8:00. The Black Fly Suppression Program will be treating the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\u2019s portion of the Delaware River.\u00a0This aerial activity will occur in Bucks and Northampton counties.\u00a0Without financial support from New Jersey, Pennsylvania can no longer manage and spray the New Jersey portion of the Delaware River; however the entire river will be treated in Hunterdon County.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The helicopter used for this operation will N651HA, a black Bell 206 Long Ranger. The aircraft is operated by Helicopter Applicators of Gettysburg, PA. DEP personnel will be on site at all landing zones managing the operation.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The Tohickon Creek will NOT be treated from Point Pleasant to the US 611 Bridge due to low flows. The Lehigh River will be treated from the dam in Easton to Allentown.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Helicopter Applicators Inc. will be dispersing Vectobac 12AS, which is a Bti product manufactured by Valent Biosciences.\u00a0Bti is short for Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, which is a bacterial larvicide, not a chemical, and is the only product used in Pennsylvania&#8217;s waterways for black fly suppression.\u00a0Vectobac 12AS is a thick brown liquid resembling chocolate milk.\u00a0The helicopter will fly low near tree top level and release the Vectobac at various predetermined positions on each stream.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>This work does NOT involve a helicopter spraying over the entire county.\u00a0This work is targeted to portions of specifically mentioned waterways.\u00a0The helicopter will apply B.t.i. to designated areas every few miles along the treated waterways.\u00a0Application is done by first circling the area to look for people on the ground or obstructions in the air. Then, the helicopter will fly perpendicular to the water flow (whenever possible) and apply the B.t.i. material which is a brown, viscous liquid with a fish oil odor to it.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Any questions about the operation may be directed to Paul Mages, Aquatic Biologist, at the Department of Environmental Protection: 484-250-5196.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBecky Bartlett<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/de-nc-river.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}