And that previous attempts to curb the reign of mosquitoes include things like "draining all swamps everywhere". Take a look at the coastline of Long Island on

And that previous attempts to curb the reign of mosquitoes include things like "draining all swamps everywhere". Take a look at the coastline of Long Island on satellite maps, and all the scars left by that time they tried to eliminate all of the salt marshes to get rid of mosquitoes near NYC.