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Tick Blitz on the Auburn Fleming Trail

Tick Blitz event at the Auburn Fleming Trail

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Starting at 5:00pm

Looking for Volunteers!

Register to learn more about ticks and helping to collect them in Cayuga County. Volunteers will be asked to attend a virtual training session on Tuesday, June 6 from Noon-1pm or on Wednesday, June 7 from 6pm-7pm.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County in partnership with Cayuga County Department of Planning and Economic Development is hosting a Tick Blitz event at the Auburn Fleming Trail on Wednesday June 14 starting at 5pm. Volunteers will use special equipment to help collect ticks and send them to Cornell researchers who will identify the species. 

The New York State Tick Blitz is a community-based science program to help scientists identify the distribution of ticks across the State. This year the Tick Blitz is taking place between June 12 and June 23 across New York State. Cayuga County is one of nine targeted counties in the central-finger lakes region of New York.

Several tick species are moving northward and westward across New York State and researchers every year need help tracking their location. 

“Ticks can be dangerous to people in Cayuga County such as the black legged tick that transmits lyme disease, but there are two new ticks that present other dangers, the Asian longhorned tick and Lone star tick” said Ryan Staychock, Environmental and Natural Resources Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension. “Scientists need to know if they are in Cayuga County so managers, people and farmers can respond appropriately. The Asian longhorned tick can cause disease in cattle, and we are not sure if this tick is in Cayuga County.”

For more information, please contact Ryan Staychock at 315-539-9251 ext.110 or by email ryan.staychock@cornell.edu.



Event Coordinator: Ryan Staychock Host County: Cayuga
Location: Dunning Avenue entrance to the Auburn Fleming Trail (south of Clymer Street)
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