Here’s another sign of spring: ticks.
From the Daily Inter Lake . . .
The Flathead City-County Health Department has issued a warning for people to take precautions to avoid tick bites.
Ticks become most active in spring and the early summer. South-facing slopes where snow melts first and wildlife winter ranges have the highest concentration of ticks.
Montana’s primary tick, the Rocky Mountain hard-bodied wood tick, carries Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. A soft-bodied tick associated with relapsing fever recently has been found in Montana. Black-legged ticks that cause Lyme Disease are not known to occur in Montana.