SIKESTON -- Some may have thought winter had a negative impact on the tick population, but a Missouri conservation official says that isn't so.
"It doesn't seem like the tick population took much of a hit from the extraordinarily hard and long winter," said Bruce Henry, natural history biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation Center's Southeast Regional Office.
Henry, who works outdoors, added: "I still get a lot of them every day."
While it is a good idea to take preventive measures against ticks year-round, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ticks are most active in the warmer months of April through September.
"Ticks thrive on humidity," Henry said. "The more humid it is, the better conditions for ticks to breed in forests, especially in the closed canopy forests and in Southeast Missouri."
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