2020 Membership Renewal
Many of our members renew their annual membership at our spring workshops. As we are not able to host these workshops this year, we would like to remind everyone to please send in your annual renewal form. You can find the renewal form by clicking on our Membership tab above. Thank you for your continued support!
2020 IMVCA Officer Elections
The IMVCA Board of Directors will have several positions available this summer and our current membership will soon be receiving an email survey with the nominees listed. Please keep an eye out for this survey and please vote. We need your voice to determine who will lead the IMVCA for the coming years. Thanks!
2020 IMVCA Spring Workshops
Due to continued concerns regarding COVID-19, the IMVCA Board of Directors has decided to cancel the 2020 Spring Workshops. We are hopeful that we will be able to have a fall meeting instead, but will wait to see how the fight against this pandemic progresses before setting dates or planning an agenda. We hope to see everyone this fall and all news regarding this tentative meeting will be relayed here, so please check back. Thank you and we wish everyone a successful mosquito season despite the current challenges. Stay safe everyone.
Spring runoff near Springfield, Idaho
IMVCA Format for Spring Meetings
Our Spring Workshop model of holding two separate training sessions, one in Pocatello and one in Nampa, has been an overwhelming success since 2014! By holding two meetings, we are able to reach many seasonal technicians and smaller districts that may not otherwise be able to travel to a single meeting held on the other side of the state. Everyone who has attended has gotten a lot out of the classes as evidenced by the great feedback we get each year. Any feedback from our membership on the format of these meetings, as well as requests/suggestions for topics to be presented, are always welcome, just contact any Board member with your ideas.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPDES
On October 31, 2011, EPA issued a final NPDES Pesticide General Permit (PGP) for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States. This action was in response to a 2009 decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (National Cotton Council, et al. v. EPA) in which the court vacated EPA's 2006 Final Rule on Aquatic Pesticides and found that point source discharges of biological pesticides, and chemical pesticides that leave a residue, into waters of the U.S. were pollutants under the Clean Water Act (CWA). As a result of the court's decision, NPDES permits are generally required for these types of discharges as of October 31, 2011. For all the latest on the NPDES, you can go to the EPA's website:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=410
On October 31, 2011, EPA issued a final NPDES Pesticide General Permit (PGP) for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States. This action was in response to a 2009 decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (National Cotton Council, et al. v. EPA) in which the court vacated EPA's 2006 Final Rule on Aquatic Pesticides and found that point source discharges of biological pesticides, and chemical pesticides that leave a residue, into waters of the U.S. were pollutants under the Clean Water Act (CWA). As a result of the court's decision, NPDES permits are generally required for these types of discharges as of October 31, 2011. For all the latest on the NPDES, you can go to the EPA's website:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=410
Mosquito breeding habitat at Bear Lake
