GCMAD Announces Aerial Coming to Gem

Of the 44 counties in Idaho, only Payette and Gem have sprayed aerial Dibrom in the last two years (that we can confirm). In 2024, GCMAD Manager Cody Johns applied for a declared health emergency from the Board of County Commissioners but was DENIED. GCMAD contracted with Vector Disease Control and flew the aerial anyway - BEFORE they had a single positive West Nile Virus test in hand! GCMAD has just announced on Facebook that another aerial is coming some time in August 2025. Dibrom, which operates like a nerve agent, has been associated with developmental delays in toddlers who were exposed in utero.