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Opportunity to share your views on managing ticks and tick-borne diseases in Cumbria

Date
18 July 2025
Reading Time
2 minutes
Last Updated
20 August 2025

Please note: workshops relating to this research project have all now been completed. 

Scientists at Forest Research are looking for Cumbria-based land managers and those making decisions about the local landscape and environment to take part in research investigating the social awareness and experiences of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs), their animal and human hosts, and woodlands.

View of Cumbria - Lake District - heather in foreground and hills and lake in background

Forest Research are carrying out workshops across Cumbria between Monday 11 and Friday 15 August. During the workshop we will carry out an interactive activity to help understand and explore perspectives around awareness and risk perception of ticks and tick-borne diseases and attitudes to mitigation actions for tick-borne diseases and ticks for both animals and humans.

The workshops are expected to take 60-80 minutes and refreshments will be provided.

They will take place on:

If you are available on any of the above dates and interested in participating, please get in touch with Harry Marshall (harry.marshall@forestresearch.gov.uk) or Greg Counsell (greg.counsell@forestresearch.gov.uk) and they will get you booked in. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

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