Single Mow of Park Trails Not Enough to Reduce Ticks

Dr. Xia Lee, public health entomologist in the Vectorborne, Respiratory, and Invasive Diseases Unit at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, shares an update on research investigating whether current tick prevention practices in state and county parks (i.e. mowing park trails) is sufficient to control blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), which transmits Lyme disease.

Read the full article on Entomology Today.