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This Green Earth

Tick Talk with Zach Schumm

By Nell Larson,
Chris Cherniak
Published July 19, 2022 at 1:39 PM MDT
Black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, can carry Lyme disease.
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Black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, can carry Lyme disease.

Zach Schumm an arthropod diagnostician in the Department of Biology at Utah State University. Chris and Nell speak with Schumm about ticks. In Utah the American dog tick and Rocky Mountain wood tick are the most commonly encountered species and are starting to become most active right now.

This Green Earth
Nell Larson
Co-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.
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Chris Cherniak
Chris is the co-host of “This Green Earth”, a weekly radio show covering environmental news and issues. Broadcast on KPCW, the NPR affiliate for Park City. He also sits on the boards of Recycle Utah and Summit Community Power Works.
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