{"id":13,"date":"2019-12-05T11:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestticksurvey\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-01-29T13:51:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:51:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestticksurvey\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Maine Forest Tick Survey<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestticksurvey\/get-involved\/\">Become a Volunteer<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>We are looking for volunteers to collect ticks on their properties in Southern Maine. We will identify collected ticks to species,\u00a0 test them for pathogens, and send you your results for free. All necessary supplies and training will be provided to you at no cost.<\/p>\n<h3>Ticks in Maine<\/h3>\n<p>Maine has fifteen recorded species of ticks, though the predominant number of tick-borne illnesses are attributed to the black-legged tick (<em>Ixodes scapularis<\/em>). The black-legged tick (sometimes called the deer tick), can harbor pathogens responsible for a number of diseases including: Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. This tick was first detected in Maine in the 1980s and has since expanded its range across the state. While populations are most dense in Southern and Coastal Maine, they are expanding inland and northward and have been found as far as northern Aroostook County.<\/p>\n<p>Tick habitats are associated with forests and forest edges. With a state that is 90% forested, Mainers have a high risk of encountering ticks while working, doing yard work, or engaging in recreational activities. Forest workers and recreationists are particularly vulnerable to tick-borne diseases due to the frequency of time spent in tick habitat, especially in Southern Maine.<\/p>\n<h3>Goals of the Maine Forest Tick Survey<\/h3>\n<p>In order to understand the growing risks of tick-borne diseases in Maine, The University of Maine has developed the state\u2019s first active tick surveillance program. This is a multiyear, multidisciplinary project, established to determine how forest land management practices impact tick populations and disease risk. Information will be gathered with the help of citizen science forest land owners. The gathered information will help us to understand how to better protect Maine\u2019s forest owners, forest workers, and recreationists against ticks and tick-borne diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Maine Forest Tick Survey Become a Volunteer We are looking for volunteers to collect ticks on their properties in Southern Maine. 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