Several New England tick ecologists met in Castleton for a mini tick ID workshop and visit to some of my field sites. In attendance were Allie Gardner (University of Maine), Vera Bobskill (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Joseph Savage (Dartmouth College), David Allen (Middlebury College) and his students, Kristen Ross (VTSU Castleton) and our VTSU summer field technicians (Cait Witt and Dylan Holmes). Thank you, Vera, for leading the Tick ID workshop!

We had a great meeting today on the UMass Amherst campus. Congratulations to everyone on a successful four years of NEWVEC. Left to right: Me, Tom Mather, Andrew Lover and Neeta Connally. Looking forward to year 5!