How can we know where tick populations are booming without being everywhere at once?
Much like a meteorologist uses weather observations and computer models to create forecasts of future weather, Dr. Nick Record is gathering observations of ticks and building computer models to generate forecasts of where ticks will be. The more tick observations he gets, the more data he has to drive his model. Your contributed observations of ticks will help to improve the predictions his model can make.
Project Goals
Scientific goals:
- Accumulate observations of ticks to produce forecasts of tick distribution and encounter risk.
- Learn what the public knows -- their insights, interesting hypotheses and questions, and funny stories -- about ticks in the Gulf of Maine watershed.
- Connect with people who are in a position to make observations of ticks in our region.
Participant goals:
- Support participants' growing awareness and knowledge of tick distributions with forecasts
- Support the evolution of how people understand and interact with the environment.
- Connect with the scientists studying the things we observe.
