BRIEFLY : ORIENTAL FRUIT FLIES MARKED FOR WIPEOUT.BURBANK - State crews began a Oriental fruit fly ``male annihilation'' program Friday in a 9-square-mile area of Burbank and Los Angeles County. The California Department of Food and Agriculture California Department of Food and Agriculture, which was established in 1919 by the California Legislature,[1] works in partnership with the agricultural industry and other governmental agencies to regulate various aspects dealing with food and agriculture related began the effort in response to recent discovery of five wild Oriental fruit flies near the Burbank Airport. Nearly 600 bait stations per square mile will be applied to vertical surfaces, such as tree trunks, an official said. The stations consist of methyl eugenol eugenol /eu·gen·ol/ (u´jen-ol) a dental analgesic and antiseptic obtained from clove oil or other natural sources; applied topically to dental cavities and also used as a component of dental protectives. , which attracts the male fruit fly and Naled, an insecticide. The treatment will be repeated every two weeks for two months. The eradication area is between La Tuna Canyon Road and Victory Boulevard, and from Glenoaks Boulevard to Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). . - City News Service Parkland could get conservancy's care A bill that would expand the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open Advisory Committee to include Burbank, Glendale and La Canada Flintridge is awaiting the governor's signature, a local legislator said Friday. If signed into law by Davis, SB 333, would take effect Jan. 1, said state Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena. The conservancy is charged with preserving the dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. areas of undeveloped land and natural habitats amid the ``encroaching urban sprawl'' of Los Angeles, said Schiff, who wrote the bill. Since its creation in 1979, the conservancy has acquired more than 35,000 acres of parkland in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. and adjacent areas. During the 1980s, the Legislature expanded the conservancy's jurisdiction to include foothill, canyon and mountain areas next to Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena and La Canada Flintridge. The new representatives would boost the committee's membership from 17 to 23. They would be appointed by their city councils and serve without compensation. - City News Service |
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