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Nat’l Safety Awareness Month – Ticks

Posted on: June 5th, 2025
June is National Safety Awareness Month. Perfect timing with our upcoming Fire Mitigation Festival!
 
 
Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment wants your ticks:
 
“Colorado’s tick season is in full swing.  To help prevent tick bites, treat clothing and gear with products containing 0.5% permethrin and use
insect repellents. You can help prevent tick-borne disease by checking for ticks on your clothing and body after being in grassy, brushy, or wooded outdoor areas.
 If you find a tick, remove it with fine-tipped tweezers, pulling upward with steady, even pressure. 
Find information about tick-related infections, as well as instructions for removing embedded ticks, on CDC’s ticks web page.
 

CDPHE wants your ticks! We have about 30 different species of ticks in Colorado, the most common are the Rocky Mountain wood tick and the American dog tick. Help us track ticks, their geographic distribution, and tick-borne diseases in our state by visiting CDPHE’s website and submitting a tick.

 
This is from the Colorado Volunteer Mobilizer (CVM) June 2025
CVM is a program of the Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment CDPHE
From: Koral O’Brien, Volunteer Coordinator 
 
Pam Sherman   pamsher123@nullgmail.com