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May, 2008: The Partnership for the Precautionary Principle will meet Monday, June 16th at the Public Health Department in Ukiah. The public is welcome.

January-April, 2008: Precautionary Principle Pilot Program for Environmental Health's Mosquito Control Program

The Mendocino County Environmental Health Department applied the Precautionary Principle to its Mosquito Control Program. Public comment on the program closed February 22, 2008 and the Department has issued a final report. The County sought comment on the least harmful alternatives to control mosquito population in Mendocino.

• Final Report: Precautionary Principle Pilot Project Involving the Division of Environmental Health's Vector Control Program
• Initial Mosquito Control Report
• Precautionary Principle Comments on Vector Control,
  by Environmental Commons

More Information on our implementation progress:

• Mendocino County Public Participation Guidelines
• Precautionary Principle Pilot Procedure
• Precautionary Principle Policy
• Minutes of recent meetings:
  • March, 2008 minutes

June, 2006: The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors adopt the County's first-ever environmental policy -- the Mendocino County Precautionary Principle Policy.

Members of the Mendocino Partnership for the Precautionary Principle,
June 2006.

History of the Mendocino
Precautionary Principle Project