Tick season is in full swing

While many fishing access sites and state parks in Montana are set to re-open today, the state is also in peak tick season, but information is available on what to do to avoid ticks, remove them if they are embedded in the skin and have them tested, as well as providing information on signs and symptoms for tick-borne diseases.

Laurie Kerzicnik, anthropod diagnostician at Montana State University’s Schutter Diagnostic Lab, said in a release that Montana’s two most common ticks are the American dog tick, found in eastern Montana, and the Rocky Mountain tick, found primarily in western M...