2021 Treatment Areas
The MDA will announce proposed 2021 treatments mid-winter.
2020 Completed Treatments
The MDA, in collaboration with federal, state, and local partners, treated isolated gypsy moth populations in the Nokomis area of Minneapolis, the Hokah area in Houston County, and the Oak Center area in Wabasha County in the spring of 2020.
A state monitoring program found a high number of moths in the three areas in 2019. Follow-up site visits also found gypsy moth egg masses. This indicated there were reproducing gypsy moth populations.
All of this information prompted the MDA and the Minnesota Gypsy Moth Program Advisory Committee to develop treatment plans for 2020.
Nokomis, Minneapolis
The MDA had a management plan to eradicate a reproducing gypsy moth population in the city of Minneapolis. The treatment area was 298 acres in the southeast corner of the city. The area was in the Wenonah Neighborhood, with the northern boundary extending into the Keewaydin Neighborhood.
The two treatments for the Nokomis area of Minneapolis have been completed. No more are needed.
This map shows the Nokomis treatment block.
Hokah, Houston County
The MDA had a management plan to eradicate a reproducing gypsy moth population near the city of Hokah in Houston County. The treatment area was approximately 1,620 acres and was 1.5 miles west of Hokah. Union Ridge Road runs through the middle of the treatment area.
The two treatments for the Hokah area have been completed. No more are needed.
This map shows the Houston County treatment block.
Oak Center, Wabasha County
The MDA had a management plan to eradicate a reproducing gypsy moth population near the unincorporated community of Oak Center in Gilford Township, Wabasha County. The treatment block was approximately 1,420 acres and was located approximately three miles north of Zumbrota Falls. US Highway 63 runs through the middle of the treatment area.
The two treatments for the Nokomis area of Minneapolis have been completed. No more are needed.
This map shows the Wabasha County treatment block.
