PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Division of Fish and Wildlife is asking hunters to continue submitting samples for Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance. Samples from over 100 deer have already been taken but the Department’s quota remains at 180, as it was last year. Many samples are Read more…
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental reports that recent testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer in Rhode Island has not detected the presence of the disease. Nearly 200 samples from Rhode Island’s deer herd were collected last fall and winter by DEM’s Division of Fish and Wildlife for Read more…
Alert Comes on Heels of Recent DEM Reminder that New York State and Surrounding Counties Also Subject to Rhode Island CWD Regulations PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management alerts hunters that Chronic Wasting Disease has been detected in West Virginia and that the entire state of West Virginia and Read more…
Import Ban on Deer and Elk Continues PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management is asking hunters to help monitor the state’s deer population and to take special precautions when hunting deer and elk out of state. It is a continuing part of DEM’s efforts to keep Rhode Island deer Read more…
The Department of Environmental Management has banned the importation of deer and elk from states where chronic wasting disease has been found. The ban also extends to some of the animals’ parts, and forbids releasing any of the animals into the wild. The new rules are now permanent. They had Read more…