Preventing Fieldwork Problems: Heat and Ticks

As a land trust stewardship practitioner, you seek to understand changes to the land and your fieldwork conditions, especially those that might threaten the safety of yourself and anyone on your team. In some areas of the United States, heat and ticks have always been considered when planning fieldwork. But conditions are changing: geographic areas that didn’t need to consider either heat or ticks may now need to, and existing safety protocols in all areas may need improvement. You need reliable information to plan, and you’re probably plain curious about what the data says.

This webinar brings together two scientific experts — Dr. Shannon LaDeau, disease ecologist at the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, and Dr. Scott Sheridan, professor and climatology researcher at Kent State University, along with Patrick Sweatt, an experienced stewardship professional at the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, to explore what is happening with heat, ticks and field work. Here’s a look at what we will cover:

• Ecology of ticks and tick-borne diseases.

• General climatic trends for heat across the country, and human health implications of these trends.

• Heat and tick-related fieldwork safety precautions.

Factoring information presented in this webinar, and from other trusted sources, into your fieldwork planning to prevent problems with heat and ticks.

This webinar is included in the 2025 Webinar Pass.

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