June 28
Scientists at the Trudeau Institute and elsewhere have begun a study tracking the migration of disease carrying ticks into the higher and more northern Adirondack mountains in New York State. Sites being studied are Queensbury, Schroon Lake, and Black Brook.
The study is being manned by Tim Sellati of the Trudeau Institute. Rick Ostfeld of the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies in Dutchess County comments.