Experts say, a changing climate is attracting waves of new tick varieties to the region, swamping beleaguered efforts to control tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease.
Milder winters and longer, hotter summers allow deer ticks that carry Lyme and other infections to move into new areas of Maine that were previously too cold.
State wildlife biologists say lowering the target moose population in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom could lessen the impact of winter ticks, but some wildlife advocates argue moose hunting should cease altogether.
