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Ticks, bites and North Country risks

ick populations, once patchy in the Adirondacks, are now widespread. The highest density of ticks remains in the southern parts of the Blue Line, but researchers are detecting more in northern areas and at higher elevations. The Adirondacks used to be too cold

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