||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| We are coming to the end of this year’s peak tick “questing” season, when female ticks actively seek new hosts for blood meals to power their growth and egg production. Kwiaht has received 115 ticks from islanders countywide since February; a little over half of those ticks were reportedly encountered on Orcas Island, mainly by dogs, but people were bitten, too. Ticks were encountered in every part of Orcas from Deer Harbor to … Continue reading Kwiaht study finds tick population is prevalent on Orcas Island