Franklin County commissioners have issued
a letter supporting plans to restore a mosquito lab in Panama City.
The The
FSU Panama City Campus is seeking state funding next year to re-open the Public Health Entomology Research and Education
Center, also known as the PHEREC lab.
The center was operated
in Panama City until it was moved to Vero Beach in 2011.
County
commissioners apposed closing the center at that time because of the services
it provided to North Florida counties.
The center
studies biting insects like mosquitoes, biting flies, and ticks and works on
new methods of insect control.
The center had also
provided training and resources for mosquito control departments, and has
proved very useful for the Franklin County Mosquito control department.
When the lab
was closed, local workers had to travel to Orlando for training.
The lab also provided mosquito
identification which is now required in order to receive FEMA reimbursements
after major storms.
FEMA requires proof that a certain kind of
mosquito population is in the area before it will reimburse the county for
additional spraying.
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