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.
The incidence of mosquito-transmitted disease in Colorado is closely monitored by public health agencies. 1  Mosquitoes can transmit certain human diseases, deter tourism, and cause economic losses in cattle and other livestock. 2  Immature mosquitoes, or wrigglers, live in shallow water and feed on microorganisms.