Please protect the Earth, be cautious with tick sprays - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Please protect the Earth, be cautious with tick sprays - The Martha's Vineyard Times

To the Editor: I’m so grateful to Kate Warner’s letter in last week’s paper for bringing up the ecological concern over tick spraying (I question deer and goose spray also). Many businesses have sprung up around this newish service, and I too am worried about the repercussions of this smothering tactic in the natural world. I have noticed many fewer insects, and so birds, in my Vineyard Haven yard, and on the lane in Chilmark I visit in the summ…