A New Nonprofit to Combat Tick Crisis
Tick Free MV launched on Thursday December 4th 2025 and plans to help mitigate deer population as well as working on tick reduction. A story from the MV Times December 4th, 2025.
“We have a public health crisis on the Island, but it is solvable if we work together,” Virginia Barbatti stated in a press release on Thursday about the launch of the program. She added that “too many” individuals and families are afflicted with a tick-borne illness and action is needed to reduce risk for locals.