Re: Controlling ticks on a towmwide or statewide basis...

[Guest guest]

I live in land and I am trying to do the same thing. I started

with the County Council, only because theirs was the first scheduled

meeting after I had decided to do this. I am going next to the school

board, the community association, my church, the police community

meetings anywhere that will have me, I sent to Pennsylvania for Lyme

literature, I carry it and some damminix tubes in my car, for instant

show and tell. I have written all my state and federal representatives

but have not heard back from any except that they were out of office.

I left some brochures at Walmart pharmacy when I picked up my doxy

scrip. I do a neighborhood newsletter blog and if you go there you can

read my notes I took for the county council.

http://therealharmanwoodsnews.blogspot.com

You are welcome to use any of my text if you want. I did some research

about the frequency of Lyme in my county and that scared the council

members and is having an impact on whoever I talk to.

In 1991 Rep Nita Lowey of NY tried to get some legislation passed on

treating deer with ivermectin. She doesn't answer e-mails from

non-constituents so I haven't been able to contact her about that.

What state do you live in? It's nice to know someone else has the same

idea.

I'm starting local but I'm mad about all this and I'm going to be

unrelenting until people learn how to protect themselves, which

includes getting the wildlife management people and the health

departments to inoculate the deer and other small animals (by feeding

ivermectin or whatever it takes) I did not have to get this disease -

If Nita Lowey had gotten her legislation passed years ago many of us

might have escaped this disaster. I intend to try to prevent more

disasters, first in the yards of the people close to me, and then move

outward. And I'm glad that so far I am not so debilitated by the

disease that I can't do this.

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> I live in a town where it is believed that *all* the ticks are

infected. We have a great

> abundance of deer since the state stopped active management of their

#s. We also have tons

> of mice. I am aware of what I can do on a personal level to get rid

of the ticks but this

> doesn't help when my kids play at the park or on town fields.

>

> I want to raise the issue with the town, which up until now has done

nothing but educatoin

> (and poorly at that). But I have no idea what other town's or

state's are doing. Does anyone

> know of any effective strategies for controlling ticks on a larger

scale? Can anyone point me

> to some information?

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