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Southampton Town Erects Tick Warning Signs at Trail Heads

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Celebrating the placement of tick awareness placards in the Long Pond Greenbelt and other trailheads in Southampton Town are, from left, Peter Wilson of the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt; Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni; Michael Iasilli, an aide to Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming; Dr. Scott Campbell of the Suffolk County Department of Health Service's Anthropod-Borne Disease Laboratory; Karen Wulffraat, director of community outreach for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center; Sandra Ferguson, vice president of the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt; and Tim Corwin of the Southampton Trails Society. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

Celebrating the placement of tick awareness placards in the Long Pond Greenbelt and other trailheads in Southampton Town are, from left, Peter Wilson of the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt; Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni; Michael Iasilli, an aide to Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming; Dr. Scott Campbell of the Suffolk County Department of Health Service's Anthropod-Borne Disease Laboratory; Karen Wulffraat, director of community outreach for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital's Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center; Sandra Ferguson, vice president of the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt; and Tim Corwin of the Southampton Trails Society. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

The placards include a QR code that links to information about staying safe from ticks while on the trails.

The placards include a QR code that links to information about staying safe from ticks while on the trails.

authorStephen J. Kotz on Aug 29, 2023
Visitors to 50 different trails scattered across Southampton Town will encounter small placards placed at trail heads warning them that they are entering tick habitat and providing a QR code... more

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