<p>Harry Boerema points to an antique map of the area surrounding his farm in The Netherlands. He lives on the edge of a drainage project, which threatens to inflict hordes of mosquitoes on people bordering the 4,200-acre water retention area, where heavy rainwater will collect and slowly be channeled to the North Sea. The frequent wet-dry cycles will be perfect breeding grounds. AP Photo/Arthur Max</p>

November 16, 2011