11 Beaver Street
Milford
MA
The UMass Center for Agriculture, Food & the Environment is holding a Ticks and Tick-Associated Diseases Conference at the DoubleTree Hotel in Milford on April 24th from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Landscapers, arborists, tree wardens, lawn care professionals, grounds managers, and essentially any professionals working outdoors run the risk of encountering, being bitten by, and contracting a tick-associated disease from multiple tick species in Massachusetts.
This conference brings together speakers who will discuss what is currently known about tick and tick-associated diseases in Massachusetts and surrounding states, habitat and winter survival of ticks, personal protection, and the management of ticks in landscapes.
Preregistration is required, as space is limited. Cost is $95/$86 per person for three or more registrations from the same company (10% discount). Lunch is on your own, morning coffee will be provided.
To pay by check or PO: Complete the printable registration form and return by mail (there is an additional price reduction to encourage payment by check – see form for amounts).
Schedule
8:00 AM Registration
8:30 AM Welcoming remarks
8:45 AM Updates about Ticks in Massachusetts: Tick Surveillance —Stephen Rich, UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM Personal Protection and Ticks: How Industry Professionals Can Protect Themselves — Larry Dapsis, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
11:00 AM Habitat, Winter Survival of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum and the Establishment of the Lone Star Tick in Connecticut —
Kirby C. Stafford III, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch (on your own)
1:00 PM Updates about Ticks in Massachusetts: Disease Risk Assessment — Stephen Rich, UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM Management of Ticks in Landscapes: Mechanical and Chemical Management, Deer Exclusion, and other Research — Kirby C. Stafford III, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station