Mosquito control, Cape Cod style
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The Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project, which started in the 1930s, was created to address the problem of mosquito infestation of the area's marshes. The small team of experts do not use any harmful chemicals and instead rely on clearing waterways of blockages and spraying BTI on corncob.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 1998
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The hurricane nobody took seriously
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Reports of the impending arrival of Hurricane Bob were not taken too seriously by the storm-hardened people of Provincetown, MA. A Coast Guard patrol boat on duty that day was fortunate to survive nine hours of vicious weather.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 1992
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How to move a lighthouse in 15 easy steps
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Steps in moving a lighthouse are presented. They include preparing the site where the lighthouse is to be moved to, wrapping the lighthouse with steel wire, digging around the lighthouse, cribbing and looking for cracks.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 1997
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