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Co-investigator Presentations (15-minutes talks, in order of appearance)

NEWVEC’s Cotton Anniversary, by Stephen Rich (UMass)

Novel Eco-friendly Tick Control Product Testing, by Thomas Mather (URI)

Vegetation Management Approaches to Tick Control, by Bill Landesman (VSU)

Assessing Backyard Tick Management Strategies as Alternatives to Traditional Pesticide Use, by Neeta Connally (WCSU)

Tick Abundance, Diversity, and Pathogen Load in Southern New Hampshire, by Jeff Garnas (UNH)

Updates on Studies in Tick-borne Diseases in New England, by Andrew Lover (UMass)

Development of Decision-making Tools for Households: Project SCRATCH, by Nelle Couret (URI)

Lighting talks (5-minute talks, in order of appearance)

Timber Harvesting and Tick Populations, by Elissa Ballman (UMaine)

Maine Project ITCH, by Mike Galli (UMaine)

A Mow-ment of Truth: Does Lawn Mowing Reduce Blacklegged Ticks? by Sandra Zapata-Ramirez (WCSU)

Cross-sectional Surveys Exploring Factors Influencing Residential Vector Control Decision-making in New England, by Fatma Tufa (UMass)

Vegetation Analyses at Long-Term Tick Surveillance Sites, by Veronica Bobskill (UMass)

Challenges for Vector Control in New England: Lessons from Public Health and Vector Control Professionals, by Johanna Ravenhurst (UMass)

A New Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Maine, by Guang Xu (UMass)

Innovating the Use of Repellents Beyond the Mosquito Archetype, by Eric Siegel (UMass)