The Portland Press Herald spoke with Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “Ticks that carry Lyme disease surviving even deep-freeze winters, research shows.” As the weather has warmed, deer ticks that carry Lyme disease have emerged from a hibernation-like state under an insulating blanket read more Press Herald cites Dill, UMaine research in article on ticks surviving winters