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The AFWA adopted a new best practices
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Fish and Wildlife Health Committee voted unanimously to adopt the “AFWA Best Management Practices for Prevention, Surveillance, and Management of Chronic Wasting Disease” at our meeting last week in Tampa, Florida. In addition,… Read More -
WI - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Board approves New Deer Farm Fencing Regulations
Full request for the approval: WI DNR Board approves stricter fence regulations Governor Walker signed the rules into effect September 7, 2018. The full document can be found here: https://dnr.wi.gov/About/NRB/2018/Aug/2018-08-2B3%20Modified.pdf Read More -
MO - MDC offers free voluntary CWD testing statewide all season
MDC offers free voluntary CWD testing statewide all season News from the region: Statewide Joe Jerek, Sep 06, 2018 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wants deer hunters to know that it is offering free chronic-wasting-disease (CWD)… Read More -
WY - CWD found in new elk hunt area near Meeteetse
8/28/2018 1:01:26 PM Cheyenne - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed a bull elk harvested by a hunter tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Elk Hunt Area 66. The elk was killed northeast of Meeteetse and this is… Read More -
MS - CWD Regulations Adopted for 2018-2019 Hunting Season
8/20/2018 8:41:51 AM From MDWFP JACKSON – The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, adopted regulations for the revised Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone for the 2018-2019 hunting season during the August 16, 2018 meeting held at J.P. Coleman… Read More -
OH - Effective August 1, 2018 New Deer Restrictions
Effective August 1st, 2018 if you hunt outside Ohio, you must bone out the meat before returning to the state with an elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, caribou, or moose. Only the following parts may be brought into Ohio: Meat… Read More -
MI - Natural Resources Commission approves deer regulations related to chronic wasting disease
Aug. 9, 2018 At today’s meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in Lansing, the commission approved a series of deer hunting regulations aimed at slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease. The action came after months of commission members… Read More -
ID - F&G commission approves new rules to prevent chronic wasting disease from entering Idaho
F&G commission approves new rules to prevent chronic wasting disease from entering Idaho By Roger Phillips, Public Information Specialist Friday, July 27, 2018 - 11:29 AM MDT The disease has never been found in Idaho At its July 26 meeting in… Read More -
WI - DATCP Confirms CWD-Positive Elk in Sauk County
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection sent this bulletin at 06/25/2018 04:21 PM CDT DATCP Confirms CWD-Positive Elk in Sauk County Contact: Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection… Read More -
MO - MDC EXPANDS DEER FEEDING BAN TO MORE COUNTIES IN RESPONSE TO CWD
News from the region: Statewide By Joe Jerek, Jun 12, 2018 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has expanded its restrictions on feeding deer and placing minerals for deer to seven new counties in response to finding… Read More
- Welcome!
- Our Mission
- What is CWD?
Welcome to the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance's Website.
This site is a joint project of the Boone and Crockett Club, Mule Deer Foundation, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. These non-profit wildlife conservation organizations formed the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance in January 2002 to address CWD. Other organizations have since joined the Alliance.Our Mission
The mission of the CWD Alliance is to promote responsible and accurate communications regarding CWD, and to support strategies that effectively control CWD to minimize its impact on wild, free-ranging cervids including deer, elk, and moose.Our Promise
The CWD Alliance and its partner organizations are committed to providing timely, scientifically accurate information regarding chronic wasting disease, its impacts on wildlife and humans, and recommendations for its control.
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a transmissible neurological disease of deer and elk that produces small lesions in brains of infected animals. It is characterized by loss of body condition, behavioral abnormalities and death. CWD is classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), and is similar to mad cow disease in cattle and scrapie in sheep. 
Click a state to get news, regulations, Contact Information, Lab Locations and other CWD related information for that state. Download a printable table of Chronic Wasting Disease and Cervidae Regulations in North America [PDF]
