WAUKESHA, Wis – Five CWD positive deer have been identified in the Jefferson and Rock counties. The positive deer are the northernmost in Rock county including two just across the border into Jefferson county. All of the known CWD positive deer were shot by deer hunters. The Department of Natural Read more
CWD Update 84 January 27, 2007 State and Provincial Updates Alberta: Alberta is continuing testing for the provincial chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program for 2006-07. One additional case of CWD in wild deer was confirmed on January 2. This brings the total to 17 cases in wild deer in Read more
WAUKESHA, Wis – The Department of Natural Resources will reduce the deer herd at the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest as part of the agency’s ongoing chronic wasting disease (CWD) control efforts. Beginning this month, the DNR is using agency sharp-shooters to cull the herd and, weather Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – The number of Nebraska deer testing positive for chronic wasting disease fell for the second year in a row, although there is evidence the disease has expanded. Seventeen deer tested positive, out of a sample size of 5,841, for the disease in 2006, according to Bruce Trindle, Read more
17 Ill. Adm. Code 675 (Administrative Rule): Special White-Tailed Deer Season for Disease Control (PDF)
BARABOO, Wis – The Department of Natural Resources will attempt to reduce the deer herd at Devil’s Lake State Park as part of the agency’s ongoing chronic wasting disease (CWD) control efforts. Two CWD positive deer were recently identified in or near the 10,200 acre state park located in Sauk Read more
Preliminary test results have detected the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) agent in one hunter-harvested deer collected in Hampshire County during the 2006 deer hunting season. “As part of our agency’s ongoing and intensive CWD surveillance effort, samples were collected from 1,355 hunter-harvested deer brought to game checking stations in Hampshire Read more
Hunters and landowners help surveillance program Edmonton… Alberta is now about half-way through testing for its 2006-07 chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program. Three more cases of CWD in wild deer have been confirmed out of the 1,609 deer tested. This brings the total to 16 cases in wild deer Read more
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
Special CWD Season Hunts to be Held at Castle Rock State Park, Lowden-Miller State Forest and White Pines Forest State Park in Ogle County Special Hunting Season is Jan. 12-14, 2007 SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources today announced that public land hunting opportunities will be available Read more