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Jamestown TIC task force seeks permanent status and proposes trail tick-hazard signage
Summary
The Jamestown Tick Information and Control task force presented an education plan including brochures, pocket ID cards, a parks web page, a public talk and proposed standardized tick-habitat signs for eight trails; the group requested consideration of a permanent town committee and annual budget.
The Jamestown TIC (Tick Information and Control) task force presented an outreach and environmental plan to the Town Council and asked the council to consider making the group a permanent committee with an annual budget.
Laura Paul Stane, speaking for the task force, outlined an education-first strategy that has produced pocket 'TIC ID' cards, shower checklists for campers, and distributed brochures from the CDC and the Rhode Island Department of Health. She said volunteers had secured roughly 400 materials from the CDC and 450 from the state to hand out across the island.
The task force also described environmental measures focused on trail signage. Stane identified eight trail or recreational areas where the group recommends tick-habitat signs that link via QR code to the town’s tick information web page: Fort Getty Trail, Kid Wright Nature Trail, Beavertail State Park, Fort Wetherill State Park, Taylor Point, Reservoir Bike Trail, South Pond Trail, and Connecticut Battery Trail, plus conservation and sanctuary areas mentioned in the presentation.
The group is planning a public talk with a regional tick expert in early October, distribution of printed materials at the Jamestown Hardware and town facilities, and ongoing updates to a parks-and-recreation web page. They also asked the council to consider covering sign costs where needed; the task force said its printing of pocket cards cost about $550 and that their committee budget is insufficient to pay for signage.
Councilors praised the volunteers’ effort and discussed the possibility of restoring a larger task-force budget at the next municipal budget session. The task force said it will return after additional coordination with state agencies and other managers to present final signage proposals in spring.
