Every year, “The Tick Guy” Thomas Mather is asked if the tick season will be bad, and his answer is always yes. “Most tick experts will say, ‘Oh, they’re probably going to be bad,’ and they will never be wrong, because to the average person, one tick is a bad tick year,” said Mather, director […]
Author Archives: Emilee Klein
Emilee Klein covers the people and local governments of Belchertown, South Hadley and Granby for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. When she’s not reporting on the three towns, Klein delves into the Pioneer Valley’s changing climate and collegiate research. Initially from Irvine, California, she graduated from UMass Amherst with experience in podcasting and multimedia journalism. Reach her at eklein@gazettenet.com.
