Date: March 5, 2026Contact: Jason Martz GETTYSBURG, PA—During recent white-tailed deer reduction operations and subsequent disease sampling at Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP) and Eisenhower National Historic Site (NHS), two deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This marks the first confirmed case of CWD at Gettysburg NMP. Park Read more
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, is announcing two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new area of Pennsylvania. The two deer, one hunter-harvested and one from a captive facility, were detected in Luzerne County. Both deer Read more
10/22/2021 HARRISBURG, PA – A CWD-positive deer recently detected in Jefferson County has led to new regulations to reduce the risk of the disease spreading. The Pennsylvania Game Commission today announced the expansion of Disease Management Area 3 (DMA 3) and the creation of a new DMA (DMA 6). Detection of Read more
05/26/2021 Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today announced a confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a white-tailed deer on a Warren County hunting preserve. Remaining deer were euthanized and all tested negative for the disease. The department has quarantined the preserve for five years. Contact Read more
06/25/2020 CWD AREAS EXPAND HARRISBURG, PA – The battle to control chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania is expanding into new areas. The Pennsylvania Game Commission maintains three Disease Management Areas across the state to control CWD. They are geographic regions featuring special rules for hunters and the general public Read more
02/20/2019 Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today announced that a doe on a Bethel Township, Fulton County breeding farm, and a buck on a Bloom Township, Clearfield County hunting preserve have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Both farms will remain under quarantine for five years from Read more
06/08/2018 Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today announced that three captive deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania, bringing the total to 49 since the disease was discovered in Pennsylvania in 2012. The disease was confirmed in two white-tailed deer on a small Read more
GAME COMMISSION EXPANDS CWD RULES HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvanians who harvest deer anywhere in New York, Ohio, Maryland or West Virginia no longer may bring them home without first removing the carcass parts with the highest risk of transmitting chronic wasting disease (CWD). As part of the fight to slow the Read more
Deer on Bedford County Hunting Preserve, Lancaster County Breeding Farm Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today announced that two additional captive deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania, bringing the total to 46 since the disease was Read more
HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania’s statewide deer seasons have come to a close, and within the next several weeks, final chronic wasting disease test results will return from deer harvested by hunters in the 2017-18 seasons. The Pennsylvania Game Commission collects samples from deer harvested across the state and tests them Read more