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Mosquito Abatement Tax Vote April 28

Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement trucks patrol for unseen dangers.
Cory Crowe
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KEDM Public Radio

Ouachita Parish will vote this weekend on a tax renewal to fund the Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement District. The mosquito abatement scientist monitor dangerous diseases spread by insects such as Zika, West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis, Yellow Fever and others. 

Director of Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement
Credit Cory Crowe / KEDM News
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KEDM News

The tax renewal generates nearly 2 million dollars per year that is used in scientific insect control and disease monitoring. The area is sprayed by trucks and airplanes when mosquito numbers meet certain criteria.  The last major mosquito disease outbreak was a West Nile outbreak in 2001. 

The 1.98 mill renewal would last for 10 years. 

Originally from Monroe, Cory has worked in a variety of media. He has worked in television news and spent seven years as a TV sports play-by-play announcer. He was also creative director for a television advertising department and worked extensively as a photojournalist. Cory has lived in both Dallas and New Orleans.