The Michigan Natural Resources Commission today approved an Interim Order allowing residents in parts of the Upper Peninsula to obtain supplemental deer feeding permits. Permits will be issued to applicants in Ontonagon, Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga, Alger, and Luce counties, and the portions of Marquette and Chippewa counties north of the Read more
PIERRE – Final Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test results are in from the 2003 hunting seasons, according to state Game, Fish and Parks officials. “As of Jan. 27, we have received results of 2,444 game animals from South Dakota for CWD,” said Wildlife Biologist Steve Griffin of Rapid City. “A Read more
MADISON – A ban on the baiting and feeding of white-tailed deer, enacted by the state Natural Resources Board under emergency rule authority on Sept. 11, 2003, was extended for 60 days by the legislature’s Joint Committee on Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR). The rule, which currently affects 24 counties, Read more
Alliance, Nebr. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission completed testing of 4,850 samples submitted during the 2003-2004 deer seasons for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and 18 confirmed cases of CWD were found in six western Nebraska counties, according to Gary Schlichtemeier, district wildlife manager at the Game and Parks Read more
AUSTIN, Texas – Following the lead of other states and America’s national parks, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday to amend state code to prohibit visitors from feeding wildlife in Texas State Parks. The proposed state park operational rule change, which was published for public comment in the Read more
Reports were solid on big bucks, smaller bucks and doe, and Mississippi still ranks as one of the states with the largest population per capita in the United States. But what about diseases such as chronic wasting disease and blue tongue? “Healthwise, we are in good shape,” said Larry Castle, Read more
A deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease as a result of tests on samples collected earlier this month at Wind Cave National Park, the park said Friday in a release. Twenty-one other deer tested negative for the fatal brain malady and two other samples were inconclusive, according to Read more
CSU will eye herd’s resistance to wasting malady HESPERUS – A band of researchers has an ambitious plan to study elk with genes that appear to make them less prone to a fatal brain infection called chronic wasting disease. The variant gene that may reduce susceptibility to the scourge of Read more
ROCKFORD — Two deer killed by sharpshooters in the Winnebago County forest preserves have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, state wildlife officials announced Wednesday night. They were among the first 20 tested for the fatal deer disease. One-hundred deer have been killed during four nights of shooting in the Read more
Test results are negative in Oregon deer and elk samples. So far, every sample collected from deer and elk killed during hunting seasons in Oregon has tested negative for the presence of chronic wasting disease, the head of Oregon’s testing program said Tuesday. “It is really good news that it Read more