Biting Back: Elevating Tick Awareness in Colorado Presents: Lyme & Other Tick-borne Diseases: 1st Rocky Mountain Forum This is a one day FREE event. Donations will be accepted and a silent auction fundraiser will be conducted to benefit Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Dr. Daniel Cameron, internationally recognized Lyme & other tick-borne diseases expert; Dr. David Martz, Colorado Physician; Pat Smith, President of Lyme Disease Association, Inc.; Toni Toelle, US Forest Service Fuels and Fire Specialist; and Dr. Michael Lappin, Colorado State University Professor and Director of the Center for Companion Animal Studies will be presenting. Full agenda is available at http://www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org The forum will provide an excellent opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts, pet and livestock owners, parents, educators, patients and medical care providers to learn about the state of tick-borne diseases, risk of exposure, challenges of diagnosis, and prevention practices. Join us to increase your awareness of the multiple diseases that ticks may transmit that can affect the health and wellbeing for yourself, family, pets, students or patients. Plan to join us on May 7, 2016. Registration begins at 8:30 and speakers will present from 9:00-4:30 at the American Mountaineering Center, Foss Auditorium, 710 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401 Sponsored by: the Lyme Disease Association, Inc.