Date Posted: Monday, April 19th, 2010

I saw in the newspaper the other day that they are predicting that the mosquitos are going to be really bad this year because of all the water still laying around.  Did you know that we have records of the Civilian Conservation Corps and Mosquito Control?  We have scrapbooks, diaries, ditch drawings, and photographs. Subjects include construction of camps, muskrat huts, dune preservation, and mosquito traps, just to name a few.  The areas covered are Lewes, Slaughter Beach, Magnolia, and Leipsic. The records date as early as 1930.  To look at the records of the CCC come in to the Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Research Room .  We can’t wait to see ya!

For information on current mosquito control activities, check out DNREC”s Mosquito Section site.

Widening main ditch from Primehook Creek near the bay to the back of Broadkill Beach Oct 18 1935

 


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