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# ESTABLISHING A TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM IN A 4,000 RESIDENT RURAL TOWNSHIP • DOCUMENT THE NEED FOR THE INITIATIVE • INVOLVE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS • PUT IN PLACE RESEARCH EFFORT – DETERMINE APPROACH • RECRUIT ADVISORs, VOLUNTEERS & ESTABLISH TASK FORCES • RESIDENT AWARENESS, INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION • ORGANIZING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP, POLICIES AND RULES • LONGTERM

# Online Lyme Survey Form LYME SURVEY FORM 2011 • Quick and Easy • Room for as much input as a household wishes to give 

## (Detailed accounts of up to 11 Lyme Incidents per household– the maximum we have received so far) • Results automatically recorded in spreadsheet which I can 

## download from Google Forms • I can edit the spreadsheet (for example to add a LWMU column)Your Name How many people are in your household? How many

or your household members have had Lyme? Street Address LWM U Email Address Will you

help with the Public Informati on and Phone Survey? Enter YES or NO Will you

help with our Tick Measure ment program ? Enter YES or NO Will you allow hunting on your property ? Enter YES or NO If you already have hunters on your property, please list their names below. If you are a

hunter and are interested in hunting in the Township please enter YES below Enter the total number

of Lyme Incidents that your household has experienced 

## • So far about 150 households have responded • About 400 individuals • About 130 have had Lyme • There have been approximately 225 Lyme Incidents



# SPREADSHEET

• Introductory questions

# SYSTEMATIC SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION DRIVE

Residents and Households in North section of Township Spreadsheets 

## • Resident Spreadsheet (683)– all residents, phone, email contacts • Household Spreadsheet (296)– one entry per household  Marker for households who have already filled out the form  Marker for those who have volunteered to help get others to fill out form  44 respondent households  241 left 

##  Household sheet continually updated; avoids repeating contacts 

## • Systematic drive to get people to fill out the form begins next week5 

# ESTABLISHING A TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM IN A 4,000 RESIDENT RURAL TOWNSHIP • DOCUMENT THE NEED FOR THE INITIATIVE • INVOLVE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS • PUT IN PLACE RESEARCH EFFORT – DETERMINE APPROACH • RECRUIT ADVISORs, VOLUNTEERS & ESTABLISH TASK FORCES • RESIDENT AWARENESS, INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION • ORGANIZING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP, POLICIES AND RULES • LONGTERM6



# INVOLVE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS

• TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATION • CIVIC ASSOCIATION • PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION • USDA • LDASEPA • UNIVERSITIES7 

# ESTABLISHING A TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM IN A 4,000 RESIDENT RURAL TOWNSHIP • DOCUMENT THE NEED FOR THE INITIATIVE • INVOLVE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS • PUT IN PLACE RESEARCH EFFORT – DETERMINE APPROACH • RECRUIT ADVISORs, VOLUNTEERS & ESTABLISH TASK FORCES • RESIDENT AWARENESS, INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION • ORGANIZING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP, POLICIES AND RULES • LONGTERM8



# APPROACHES CONSIDERED • Reduction of the Deer Population • Damminix® Tick Tubes • Personal Protection • Spraying Property with Pesticides 

## • 4 Poster Deer Feeders (Expensive) • Bait Boxes (Unavailable?) • Vaccination– Contraception (Not in PA) • Fungus (Still in Research) • Domesticated Fowl (Probably not effective)9 

# ESTABLISHING A TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM IN A 4,000 RESIDENT RURAL TOWNSHIP • DOCUMENT THE NEED FOR THE INITIATIVE • INVOLVE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS • PUT IN PLACE RESEARCH EFFORT – DETERMINE APPROACH • RECRUIT ADVISORs, VOLUNTEERS & ESTABLISH TASK FORCES • RESIDENT AWARENESS, INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION • ORGANIZING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP, POLICIES AND RULES • LONGTERM10 

# TASK FORCES

• Public Information and Survey Task Force • Deer Control Task Force • Deer Population Measurement Task Force with USDA • Tick Measurement Task Force11



# TIM SMAIL - DEER CONTROL MANAGER

• The Wildlife Society, Member; PA Chapter, Life Member • Certified Weapons Instructor • Boone and Crockett, Pope and Young, NA Shed Hunters Clubs • National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, Member, Official Measurer • PA Game Commission Deer Management Working Group, Member 

### • PA Chapter Quality Deer Management Association, Founder, Director • PA Wildlife Leadership Development Committee, Member • PA Wildlife Leadership Academy, Advisory Board, Resident Instructor • Chester County Deer Forum, Co-Founder, Co-Facilitator, Consultant • Chester County Coordinator, Hunters Sharing the Harvest12 

# ESTABLISHING A TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM IN A 4,000 RESIDENT RURAL TOWNSHIP • DOCUMENT THE NEED FOR THE INITIATIVE • INVOLVE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS • PUT IN PLACE RESEARCH EFFORT – DETERMINE APPROACH • RECRUIT ADVISORs, VOLUNTEERS & ESTABLISH TASK FORCES • RESIDENT AWARENESS, INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION • ORGANIZING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP, POLICIES AND RULES • LONGTERM

# RESIDENT AWARENESS, INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION • Four updates per year in the Chadds Ford Times • Presentations to the Supervisors and other local Organizations • Invited Speakers • Recruit volunteers, hunters and landowners 

## • Online Township Lyme Survey • Website • Mailings to all Township Residents • Emailing • Phoning • Door-to-Door • Respond in detail to all input14 

# ESTABLISHING A TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM IN A 4,000 RESIDENT RURAL TOWNSHIP • DOCUMENT THE NEED FOR THE INITIATIVE • INVOLVE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONS • PUT IN PLACE RESEARCH EFFORT – DETERMINE APPROACH • RECRUIT ADVISORs, VOLUNTEERS & ESTABLISH TASK FORCES • RESIDENT AWARENESS, INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION • ORGANIZING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP, POLICIES AND RULES • LONGTERM15 

# TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM MILESTONES DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT: http://the.chaddsfordcivicassn.org/

• Program inception: January 2007 • Research Study and quarterly Public Report in The Chadds Ford Times: 2007 – 2011 • Website Constructed for assembly of all Research and Data • Lyme Lecture in Township Building: 2009 • Tick Reduction Task Force Report is approved by the Civic Association Board and forwarded to the Board of Supervisors: October 2009 • Presentation to the Board of Supervisors: January 2010 • Approval of modified program by the Board of Supervisors: July 201016 

# TICK REDUCTION PROGRAM MILESTONES DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT: http://the.chaddsfordcivicassn.org/

• Letter to residents outlining the reasons for the program and giving details about the upcoming Lyme Survey: August 2010 • First Meeting of Deer Control Task Force: August 6, 2010 • Tim Smail agrees to act as Deer Control Manager for Chadds Ford: August 2010 • USDA Measures deer population in Chadds Ford (140/sq. mile) • Planning begins for sound Deer Control Management in the Township: August 2010 • Meeting for Landowners in Township Hall–room filled • Meeting for Hunters in Township Hall– standing room only • Overall Plan developedTotal number of deer observed in 100-acre quadrants (white grid = quadrants, numbers in white circles = total deer observed) during two white-tailed deer density surveys completed by USDA APHIS Wildlife Services in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, PA during September 2010.18 

# ORGANIZING THE EFFORT ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP

• Master Landowner spreadsheet developed (Tax Lot Records + Registered Voters list) • Township divided into 12 LWMU • Master Hunter spreadsheet developed ~ 150 volunteers • Voter list melded with Tax Lot listings. All lots assigned to their respective LWMUs • Large scale Satellite Map generated from Google Earth • Large scale Address map. Sub Division sections overlaid on Google Earth Map • Permission Document developed to act as Agreement between Landowner and Hunter. • Hunter Qualification procedures developed • On line Lyme Survey and “Will Permit Hunters” form developed • Initial focus Northern section of Township • Volunteers (100), Hunter Managers (8) & Landowner Managers (8) identified • Volunteers begin contacting residents to get more to fill out Survey • First Hunter Qualification session completed1920

# Long Term

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## • Annual Lyme incidence Survey • Annual Deer Population Survey • Annual Tick Survey • Reduce the Deer Population to as near to 10/sq. mile as we can get • Fully educate and inform our Residents, especially:  Personal Protection  Spraying Property with Pesticides 

### • Make Damminix® Tick Tubes available for purchase at the Township Building • Keep track of new information and approaches • Encourage surrounding Townships to adopt similar approaches