Tag: spring

Checking Higley’s Floating Island cables on the Raquette River near Colton

Niagara Mohawk Power Company workers on Higley’s Floating Islands (which were really cranberry bog masses clogging up the dam) in the main channel at Higley Flow, between Colton and South Colton, NY. 1943. The men are checking on the cables inserted in the islands the previous winter, done so that they could pull the “floating […]

Spraying Bti for Black Fly control in Colton

Dave Hyde spraying Bti for Black Fly control in Colton, NY along the Raquette River. May 23, 2006. Here’s David Sommerstein’s story on Andrea Malik’s work controlling Black Flies.

Spraying Bti in Colton

Andrea Malik, “black fly diva,” spraying Bti for Black Fly control in the Raquette River in Colton, May 23, 2006. Here’s David Sommerstein’s interview with Andrea.

Treating the Raquette River in Colton

Andrea Malik, Colton’s “black fly diva,” treating the Raquette River using Bti pest control in 2006. This is done each spring to limit the black fly population. May 23, 2006. Colton, NY. Here’s David Sommerstein’s interview with Andrea.