How Do Forest Management Practices Affect Ticks and Disease? Forest Tick Survey Launches Citizen Science Project to Learn More, Inform Landowners

As ticks are on the rise in Maine, a UMaine project is investigating how to better protect Maine’s landowners, forest workers, and recreationists from tick-borne diseases. The Maine Forest Tick Survey is a multi-year, citizen-science project researching how forest management practices, such as if and when timber is harvested, affect the incidence of ticks and read more How Do Forest Management Practices Affect Ticks and Disease? Forest Tick Survey Launches Citizen Science Project to Learn More, Inform Landowners