Safety tips for Wayland tick season COURTESY OF WAYLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT Ticks are found all around New England, especially in wooded areas like Wayland. While many people may find a tick on themselves, only a small proportion of those will develop a tick-borne illness like Lyme disease. This article explains the facts about how to avoid ticks, what to do if you find one on you, what symptoms can indicate that you may have an illness related to a tick bite, and how to maintain your yard to reduce tick habitats. There are multiple tick species in this area and in New England: American dog ticks, black-legged (deer) ticks, and Lone Star ticks. These ticks can transmit tick-borne Illnesses such as anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Powassan virus. Since Lyme disease is by far the most common, and can be the most subtle, this article will concentrate on Lyme as the example but the information below applies to preventing and treating all tick-borne diseases mentioned above.