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Burning Away Tick-borne Diseases

There are many species of ticks that call the southeastern Coastal Plain home, and these species can carry a variety of pathogens, some of which are infectious to humans.  Prescribed fire’s impacts on tick populations has been of interest to habitat managers for many years.  Research has indicated that regular prescribed burning does, in fact, reduce tick population size when compared to unburned plots of land.
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