The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Fish and Wildlife Health Committee voted unanimously to adopt the “AFWA Best Management Practices for Prevention, Surveillance, and Management of Chronic Wasting Disease” at our meeting last week in Tampa, Florida. In addition, the AFWA Directors passed a formal resolution in support of Read more
Full request for the approval: WI DNR Board approves stricter fence regulations Governor Walker signed the rules into effect September 7, 2018. The full document can be found here: https://dnr.wi.gov/About/NRB/2018/Aug/2018-08-2B3%20Modified.pdf
MDC offers free voluntary CWD testing statewide all season News from the region: Statewide Joe Jerek, Sep 06, 2018 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wants deer hunters to know that it is offering free chronic-wasting-disease (CWD) sampling and testing of deer harvested anywhere in the Read more
8/28/2018 1:01:26 PM Cheyenne – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed a bull elk harvested by a hunter tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Elk Hunt Area 66. The elk was killed northeast of Meeteetse and this is the first time CWD has been found in this Read more
8/20/2018 8:41:51 AM From MDWFP JACKSON – The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, adopted regulations for the revised Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone for the 2018-2019 hunting season during the August 16, 2018 meeting held at J.P. Coleman State Park. Regulations were approved after the thirty day Read more
Effective August 1st, 2018 if you hunt outside Ohio, you must bone out the meat before returning to the state with an elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, caribou, or moose. Only the following parts may be brought into Ohio: Meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached; Read more
Aug. 9, 2018 At today’s meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in Lansing, the commission approved a series of deer hunting regulations aimed at slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease. The action came after months of commission members and Department of Natural Resources staff hearing from hunters, residents Read more
F&G commission approves new rules to prevent chronic wasting disease from entering Idaho By Roger Phillips, Public Information Specialist Friday, July 27, 2018 – 11:29 AM MDT The disease has never been found in Idaho At its July 26 meeting in Idaho Falls, Fish and Game Commission approved several Read more
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection sent this bulletin at 06/25/2018 04:21 PM CDT DATCP Confirms CWD-Positive Elk in Sauk County Contact: Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that an elk from a breeding farm in Sauk Read more
News from the region: Statewide By Joe Jerek, Jun 12, 2018 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has expanded its restrictions on feeding deer and placing minerals for deer to seven new counties in response to finding cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in or near them. The Read more