Abstract: The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District is located in Minneapolis & Saint Paul (MN) and provides services to the three million people in the seven-county metropolitan area. The District's primary mission is to provide vector and annoyance control of mosquitoes and black flies. In addition, the District monitors tick populations to educate and reduce citizens risk of tick-borne illnesses. The District is an independent taxing district and totally supported by public funds. Therefore, research is primarily focused on the betterment of District operations or on topics that directly affect those services. The District is advised by a Technical Advisory Board and multiple research projects have been the result of their recommendations. Most of our applied research is self-generated by our various work teams to answer internal questions and used to increase our operational effectiveness and improve efficiency. The District has previously conducted public surveys and annoyance tolerance studies to better understand our citizens to help direct our program.
