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Ticks can spread diseases. They're not just found in wild areas. They could be lurking in your own backyard. 2 News Cathy Tatom brings us Consumer Reports' tips to keep ticks away from your yard.

Nationally, Powassan virus cases are most common in the northeast and Great Lakes regions, including northern Wisconsin.

Put a perimeter of wood chips or gravel between your yard and wooded areas. Avoid using mulch, as it can be a breeding ground for ticks.

Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.

While western black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus) tend to swarm in large forest preserves, the Lyme-causing bacterium is actually more prevalent in small, isolated patches of greenery.