RESILIENT AGROECOSYSTEMS HAVE BOTH HEALTHY FORESTS AND HEALTHY FOREST WORKERS. THIS STUDY WILLINTEGRATE NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND TEST ADAPTIVELAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO PROTECT PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS, FORESTERS, AND LOGGERS AGAINSTEXPOSURE TO TICK-BORNE DISEASE AND TO MANAGE THE SPREAD AND PERSISTENCE OF TICK-BORNE DISEASEIN THEFOREST LANDSCAPE. DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, MAINE HAS EXPERIENCED A FIVE-FOLD INCREASE IN INCIDENCE OFLYME DISEASE OVER THE PAST DECADE, PROVIDING AN URGENT NEED AND A UNIQUE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CONTEXTTO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION. FOREST WORKERSARE AT PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK OF CONTRACTING TICK-BORNE DISEASE DUE TO THEIR HIGH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO TICKS ANDLOW PERCEPTIONS OF TICK-BORNE DISEASE RISK. WE WILL CONDUCT APPLIED ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTOF TIMBER HARVESTING ON RISK OF EXPOSURE TO TICK-BORNE DISEASE AND THE CAUSAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING OBSERVEDPATTERNS. WE WILL CONDUCT APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC,ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PRODUCTION FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS' DECISION-MAKINGPROCESSES RELATED TO LAND MANAGEMENT AND TICK-BORNE DISEASEPREVENTION. THESE RESULTS WILL BE USED TO INFORMPRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TICK-BORNE DISEASETRANSMISSION THAT AREBASED ON SCIENTIFIC DATA AND COMPATIBLE WITH LANDOWNERS' ECONOMIC INTERESTS. FINALLY, WE WILLDEVELOP PLACED-BASED, INTENSIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AND ACITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT TO ENGAGE FOREST WORKERS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO NATURAL RESOURCEMANAGEMENT AND CONTEXT-SPECIFIC PRACTICES TO PROTECT COMMUNITY HEALTH WHILE SUSTAINING A ROBUST FOREST PRODUCT SUPPLY CHAIN.