The county has budgeted $2.7 million for mosquito control this year.
It should also make DDT available for mosquito control in the United States.
The drones, about 2 feet long, have never been used for mosquito control.
It is valuable for mosquito control, because it eats the eggs and young of those insects.
Add a goldfish or a guppy or two for mosquito control, and make sure the pot gets plenty of sun.
But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees that using chemicals to kill adult mosquitoes is one of the least effective tools for mosquito control.
Material excavated to make room for the ponds and creeks would be used to fill in ditches formerly used for mosquito control.
National park policy normally does not allow for mosquito control at all, but an exception is being made because of public health concerns, Mr. Ninivaggi said.
Mr. Yannacone said that a groundbreaking 1966 suit he brought against the use of DDT for mosquito control in Suffolk County "cost me everything I had, $585,000 out of pocket".
Critics including Mr. McAllister said that increased county spending for mosquito control, in part spurred by concern over the West Nile virus, had paid for new ditching equipment that Mr. Ninivaggi wanted to use in order to justify the purchases.
Suffolk County, which has long had an extensive mosquito-control program in its broad salt marshes, has expanded its staff for mosquito control and virus detection to 55 people, from 35.
