For example, there are many different kinds of MPAs in U.S. waters including national parks, wildlife refuges, monuments and marine sanctuaries, fisheries closures, critical habitat, habitat areas of particular concern, state parks, conservation areas, estuarine reserves and preserves, and numerous others.
Some 30 species of ticks occur in Colorado. Table 1 lists the more common ones. Hard-shelled ticks (Ixodidae family) predominate and are represented by such familiar species as the Rocky Mountain wood tick, American dog tick and brown dog tick.
In the photo below, an adult deer tick waits to attach to an animal or person that comes into direct contact with it. Deer ticks and dog ticks are found throughout Massachusetts. They are tiny. In the photos below, ticks are shown next to a postage stamp and a finger tip, to give an idea of the size of the ticks.