The Town of Highland Park Parks Department will begin ground spraying to eliminate the number of adult mosquitoes in the area.
Ground spraying will begin at 10 p.m. and end at 6 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Town's decision to use adulticide is based on the Centers for Disease Control's recommendations that surveillance data, when combined with established thresholds, indicates a necessity to reduce the density of adult mosquito populations quickly to lower the risk of West Nile Virus.
The Town of Highland Park Parks Department and Dallas County Health and Human Services monitors several mosquito traps within the town limits. Mosquito samples from each trap are tested on a weekly basis. They test for the total number of adult mosquitoes in each trap and the presence of West Nile Virus.
Currently, there has not been a positive mosquito sample for West Nile Virus, but the total number of mosquitoes in specific traps has reached the treatable threshold as established by the Town's Mosquito Control Policy.
