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07/03/2026

🎆 Our office will be closed Friday, July 3rd, in observance of Independence Day. We hope everyone enjoys a fun, safe holiday weekend with family and friends. Happy Fourth of July! ❤️🤍💙

02/24/2026

01/02/2026

Happy New Year! We look forward to continuing to serve all of you in 2026! ✨️

12/26/2025

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 🎄

12/24/2025

THE SHELTER WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 24th & DECEMBER 25th FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE WILL BE NO TRAPPING DURING THIS TIME.
FROM EVERYONE AT THE SHELTER, WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

10/26/2025

08/30/2025

We are ready to see yall in the Elk City Rodeo Parade of Champions!

08/19/2025

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06/14/2025

Eastern Redcedar: Mosquito Oasis & Disease Hot-Spot

Peak Mosquito Abundance, Western OK (August - September)
Mean Mosquito Abundance per Trap each Night (C. tarsalis)
Grassland: 1
Deciduous Trees: 10
Open Canopy Cedar: 12
Closed Canopy Cedar: 12

West Nile Virus-Infected Mosquitoes
Infected Mosquito Groups Captured (Across Oklahoma)
Grassland: 1
Deciduous Trees: 1
Cedar: 12

Why do Mosquitoes use Cedar?
Shelter: low wind and high humidity help mosquito survival
Blood Meals: cardinals and robins are reservoir hosts of West Nile Virus and prefer cedar

Data: Hess et al. 2020, Noden et al. 2021, Maichak et al. 2022, Henriquez 2023.

Noden et al. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01562-8

Oklahoma State University Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology