SDSU doctoral student Geoffrey Vincent and undergraduate Lucas Zilverberg check the light and fan on a mosquito trap in the Dakota Nature Park in Brookings. Their work helps the South Dakota Department of Health track West Nile virus by monitoring the mosquito population.
Undergraduate Kajol Khatri of South Dakota State University replaces the net on a mosquito trap in the Dakota Nature Park in Brookings. She collects mosquitoes four days a week as part of the South Dakota Department of Health’s West Nile virus surveillance program.