It’s tick season now: How to keep them off you and early signs of tick-borne disease

The snow is gone, the weather is warmer and ticks are back! They seem to be everywhere in the woods and the tiny vampires are just waiting to suck the blood of anything that walks by. Unfortunately, with tick bites also comes risk for tick-borne illness, the most notable being Lyme disease.

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• By Trevor Greene
• May 22, 2026