Tick season is upon us, and two researchers have suggested that it may be a particularly active one in Marin and the Bay Area.
Dan Salkeld, a Colorado State University research scientist who conducted field research in early May in West Marin, observed a higher than usual number of ticks. “This is a really different year [compared to last year],” he said.
Last May, in surveying parks around Marin, he found the prevalence of Lyme—the…