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  • Swimmer’s Itch Control: Timely waterfowl brood relocation

    Details of the Trap and Relocate program we use at Higgins Lake. The results of our Swimmers Itch success at Higgins Lake speak for themselves. Published in 2024, this peer-reviewed paper contains empirical evidence that trapping and relocating greatly reduces SI cases.

    Paper title:  Swimmer’s itch control: Timely waterfowl brood relocation significantly reduces an avian schistosome population and human cases on recreational lakes

     and the link:   https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288948

    March 1, 2024
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Higgins Lake Swimmer’s Itch Organization (HLSIO)
P.O. Box 665
Grayling, MI 49738