Ticks and Mosquitoes, oh my!

An alert reader sent in the following advice:

With all the rain this spring people need to monitor and remove possible standing water sites to reduce the number of mosquitoe breeding sites. It only takes a teaspoon of water for mosqs to breed:
http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_w/WestNileVirus/default.htm

Some ticks in the Kootenya carry lime disease and people can educate themselves  about prevention, tick ID and symptoms at:
http://www.bccdc.ca/resourcematerials/newsandalerts/news/LymeMay132010.htm