DODGEVILLE – Hunters interested in donating deer harvested in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) of southern and southwest Wisconsin to food pantries now have that option thanks to five area meat processors. Hunters can take their DEZ-harvested deer for donation through March 31, 2005 to: Black Read more
FITCHBURG – The gun deer seasons in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones of southern and southwest Wisconsin begins Thursday, Oct. 28. Below are several topics based on questions that the public has been posing to DNR field and front line staff. Butchered Waste CWD Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) hunters Read more
FITCHBURG – Hunters are reminded that they must allow the Department of Natural Resources to collect deer heads for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing, if requested by agency staff. DNR will be sampling adult deer – no fawns – Nov. 20-21 at 15 locations in the CWD Herd Reduction Zone Read more
MADISON,Wis. – The Chronic Wasting Disease Reward Program, a joint effort between Whitetails Unlimited and the Department of Natural Resources that rewards hunters and landowners for their efforts to help control CWD, is in place for its second year in the disease eradication zones this deer hunting season. The CWD Read more
CWD UPDATE November 9, 2004 Five additional red deer from the facility in Arizona that had the inconclusive CWD positive have been tested and the prion disease was not detected in the additional animals. Investigation into this occurrence is ongoing. Sixteen University of Alberta researchers with a combined total of Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s 2004 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program is in full operation, and of the more than 650 samples collected, none have yet tested positive. “The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has been testing deer and elk from youth hunters, elk hunters and Black Hills Read more
LARAMIE – The first elk to test positive for chronic wasting disease in hunt area 125, the Elk Mountain area on the north end of the Snowy Range, was discovered this week by the Game and Fish Department and the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory. Prior to this discovery, CWD had Read more
HAMILTON (AP) — A scientific journal has named prion protein research at Rocky Mountain Laboratories as one of the most significant biomedical achievements of the past 10 years, the lab said Thursday. The research from 1994 was highlighted in the November edition of the journal Nature Medicine, lab spokesman Ken Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Deer hunters are gearing up for Illinois’ most popular hunting season – the seven-day firearm deer hunting season scheduled for Nov. 19-21 and Dec. 2-5. “Interest in deer hunting in Illinois appears to be at an all-time high and we appreciate the support of hunters participating in Read more
Lincoln, Neb. – As the November firearm deer season draws nearer, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is telling hunters they will again play a vital role in monitoring the states deer herd for the presence of chronic wasting disease, or CWD. Bruce Morrison, the Commission biologist heading the disease Read more