Colorado

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

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks Department want to study chronic wasting disease in a radically new way, tracking infected deer instead of killing them. They are proposing capturing between 100 and 120 deer, testing them for the disease, tagging them with radio collars, then release Read more

Case is the furthest south CWD has been found in Colorado An adult mule deer buck killed by a hunter at Fort Carson south of Colorado Springs has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The hunter harvested the deer on Dec. 24, 2004, and submitted a sample to the Colorado Read more

The number of deer and elk submitted by hunters for chronic wasting disease testing declined again this year largely due to the end of mandatory testing in northeastern Colorado. Through Dec. 8, approximately 11,282 deer and elk had been turned in at Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) collection sites. On Read more

Colorado Division of Wildlife CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE #1 2004 Submission and Testing November 1, 2004 Fall 2004 Hunting Seasons Submission Numbers Most test results are final for the period August 28, 2004 through October 29, 2004 Between August 28, 2004 (opening of archery deer and elk season) and October Read more

Colorado biologists and researchers continue to monitor the occurrence and distribution of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, the fatal disease that afflicts deer and elk in parts of the state. Colorado biologists and researchers continue to monitor the occurrence and distribution of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, the fatal disease Read more

CWD testing will be available to deer and elk hunters again this year, but it will not be mandatory in northeastern Colorado. CWD testing for moose will be mandatory statewide. Deer and elk hunters are reminded that chronic wasting disease testing is no longer mandatory in northeastern Colorado. Hunters who Read more

Some tests that have not been validated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture have resulted in false positives in at least one other state. Hunters whose deer, elk or moose test positive for chronic wasting disease this fall will only be reimbursed for the cost of their license and game Read more

Up to 20 deer will be tagged and monitored. Wildlife authorities ask for public understanding and cooperation. The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the recent discovery of a deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Colorado Springs. As part of their analysis, the DOW Read more

First CWD case found south of the Palmer Divide. An emaciated mule deer buck found dead in southwest Colorado Springs has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, or CWD, the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) announced today. The animal was collected by the DOW and tested at Colorado State University’s Read more