Before visiting a local trail…

Whenever you are out and about along a local trail – whether through the woods or out in the middle of a meadow – please be cognizant of your surroundings and watch for these:

Giant Hogweed –

• Identify it
• Looky, but no touchy
• Treatment

Poison ivy –

• Identify its three growth forms:
  1. vine
  2. short shrub
  3. tall shrub (see photo #4)
• Take this quiz and learn more (very helpful!)
• Looky, but no touchy
• Treatment

Wild Parsnip –

• Identify it
• Looky, but no touchy
• Relief

Ticks –

ALERT! – Powassan virus in Saratoga County

• Identify different life stages
• Avoidance and preventing tick bites

Happy trails!