CHEYENNE — A ceremony will rename a state wildlife unit for two renowned wildlife disease researchers who died in a crash late last year. The Sybille Wildlife Research Center and Conservation Unit near Wheatland will be renamed the Tom Thorne/Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center at Sybille. The nearby Sybille-Johnson Creek Read more
The Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking hunters’ cooperation this fall as it continues to check deer and elk for chronic wasting disease (CWD) during the fall hunting season. This year’s effort will focus on the far eastern side of the state where there is a high density Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. — Chronic wasting disease still has not turned up in North Carolina deer, according to recent statewide tests. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has tested more than 1,800 deer since 1999 for chronic wasting disease, or CWD. The fatal, contagious illness has afflicted deer and related animals in Read more
Information on Response to Discovery of Deer Disease Will Be Provided New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan today announced a series of statewide meetings to be held during the month of September to inform the public of DEC efforts in response to the Read more
Hunters who harvest deer in the Gunnison Basin this season are required to submit the animals’ heads for testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD). If you are hunting in any of these Game Management Units – 54, 55, 551, 66 and 67 – CWD testing is mandatory. No evidence exists Read more
HELENA – Ideas on how to deal with chronic wasting disease in Montana range from doing nothing to killing every deer or elk within 80 square miles of where the first diseased animal is found, a new management study shows. The plans, analyzed in an environmental study that went to Read more
MADISON – A new publication titled Controlling Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin (PDF) is now available online and in DNR offices across Wisconsin. The publication is a progress report on the first three years of Wisconsin’s CWD control efforts and progress to date in the areas of CWD research, disease Read more
A white-tailed deer farm in Portage County that was under quarantine since January has been cleared from having any animals with Chronic Wasting Disease. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture says Don and Patty Schnell’s herd near Rosholt was recently destroyed after one of their deer was sold to a hunting Read more
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are seeking public comment on management decisions that might be necessary should chronic wasting disease be discovered in the state’s wild deer and elk herds. CWD, a fatal brain disease in deer and elk, has not yet been found in the wild herds in Read more
The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a mule deer in the Sacramento Mountains in June has prompted the Department of Game and Fish to require deer and elk hunters observe restrictions regarding the handling of animals harvested in some areas of southern New Mexico. Beginning with the 2005-2006 seasons, Read more