American Mosquito Control Association

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American Mosquito Control Association
AbbreviationAMCA
FormationJune 26, 1935 (1935-06-26)
TypeNon-profit organization
Purpose Public service
Headquarters Sacramento, California
Membership+1,600 (2025)
President
Herff Jones
Technical Advisor
Daniel Markowski, PhD
Publication
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
AffiliationsNew Jersey Mosquito Control Association
Website www.mosquito.org

The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) is an American nonprofit organization and the world's leading organization dedicated to mosquito control. [1] It was established in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1935 as the Eastern Association of Mosquito Control Workers, obtaining its current name in 1944. [2] Currently, it is based in Sacramento, CA. It publishes the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.

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  1. ↑ Patterson, G. 2009. The Mosquito Crusades: A History of the American Anti-Mosquito Movement from the Reed Commission to the First Earth Day. (Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment.) New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. Pp. xii, 270.
  2. ↑ "History". American Mosquito Control Association. Retrieved 2018-03-01.


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