Control of black flies in the Athabasca River: Technical document

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Haufe, W. O.
  • Croome, G. C. R.

• The program was designed from feasibility studies to develop and evaluate chemical control of S. arcticum in the Athabasca River. This appeared to be the most immediately achievable and economically practical approach to prevention of severe pest outbreaks and to reduction of farm losses in livestock production. Primary emphasis in these studies has been placed on S. arcticum as the pest incriminated in severe outbreaks of biting flies affecting livestock enterprises in Athabasca County and Improvement District No. 18. The program has been designed to embrace the more extensive problems of biting flies in agriculture, and concomitantly to provide information necessary for management of problems of black flies that occur during the development of resource and recreational industries in northern Alberta. This document contains 21 technical reports supporting the program studies.

• Date created

  1980

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Black Flies
  • Simulium
  • Athabasca River
  • Alberta
  • Methoxychlor
  • Canada, Alberta

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3BG0S

• License

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