Citizen Science

Mosquito control works best when whole neighborhoods participate — and Capitol Hill is doing something unusual. We want to measure it.

We’re not scientists running a formal study — but we do have an unusually high concentration of data nerds, mappers, and public health nerds in this neighborhood who saw an opportunity and couldn’t help themselves. So here we are.

We’re tracking trap locations, catch basin and vault treatments, and routine mosquito counts across the Hill. The goal is to understand how effective our collective effort is over a full season, build a case for future funding to expand what’s working, and create a model other communities can replicate. Leading mosquito researchers have taken notice — and we’d like to give them something worth studying.

Good data makes that possible. Your two minutes of input helps.

• [Log a trap location]

  [Log a catch basin or vault]

  [Log a BTi treatment]

  [Submit a mosquito count]

  Locations are recorded as general coordinates — nothing is tied to your name or personal information.