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By Cole Lauterbach - Illinois Radio Network
The Gulf Coast tick, an arachnid known to carry an unpleasant pathogen, may be taking up residence in Illinois.
Typically found in subtropical regions, the tick has recently been found in 14 counties in the southern part of the state, according to Dr. Holly Tuten, vector ecologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey Medical Entomology Lab.
Tuten said the tick can be found as far south as South America, and it usually lives in environments with higher winter temperatures with more precipitation.
“Its historic range in the United States tends to be across the south, so from Texas out to North Carolina, as far north as Kentucky,” Tuten told the Illinois Radio Network. “So typically the northern edge of this tick’s occurrence is at the northern edge of what’s known as the humid subtropical zone.”
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By Cole Lauterbach - Illinois Radio Network
A new crop for Illinois growers, hemp, proved to be a little tricky in 2020, but overall it went well.
Hemp production – the non-psychoactive strain of cannabis, which produces CBD – was legalized in 2018 by Congress. Last year was the second growing season of the crop in Illinois.
Rachel Berry, founder, and CEO of Illinois Hemp Growers Association said there were challenges for growers.
“Weather is a big one, especially in Illinois, because the north part of the state is so different from the south part of the state so even if you pick a variety that does well in Illinois it might be completely relying on what part of Illinois, you’re in,” she told the
By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network
Several Illinois-regulated utility companies volunteered extra protection for vulnerable residents this year.
Ameren Illinois, ComEd, Liberty Utilities, Nicor, North Shore and Peoples Gas declared they would cease disconnections to all residents this winter. Illinois implements statutory winter rules every year, but the voluntary moratorium will offer better protection, an Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) release said. In a normal year, there is a winter moratorium that is in place from December first through March thirty-first, and there are a lot of different qualifiers and details to how the moratorium works, and so what is different this year is that there is a clear-cut commitment from utilities that we regulate, ICC Chairwoman Carrie Zalewski told the Illinois Radio Network.