Illinois has nine more confirmed cases of a fatal deer disease first discovered in the state last fall near Roscoe, wildlife officials announced Friday. The new cases were found among 1,100 hunter-harvested deer tested for chronic wasting disease during the first session of the firearm season last month. The latest Read more
BELVIDERE — Hikers, bicyclists, birders and recreational enthusiasts should avoid three conservation areas starting today as archers begin hunting deer that could be infected with a fatal disease. At least 14 deer have been reported with chronic wasting disease in northern Illinois, nearly all of those in northern Boone and Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will collect and test tissue samples from deer harvested by archery hunters in nine northern Illinois counties Oct. 1-Nov. 19 as part of the state’s continued surveillance program to detect chronic wasting disease in the Illinois deer herd. Archery hunters in Read more
ALEDO, ILL. – Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich today signed legislation at the Mercer Court House in Aledo allowing establishment of special hunting seasons to help combat wildlife diseases threatening Illinois’ deer herd. The new law provides needed flexibility in efforts to contain the spread of chronic wasting disease, which was Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Seven additional cases of chronic wasting disease have been found in wild deer tested during follow-up sampling conducted in the northern Illinois counties where the wildlife disease was first confirmed last fall, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced today. Five of the seven new CWD-positive deer Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – More than 4,000 samples taken during the firearm deer season have been tested for chronic wasting disease and no new cases were found, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. “This is good news,” said Paul Shelton, IDNR’s Forest Wildlife Program Manager. “Of the areas sampled so Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Department of Natural Resources is undertaking additional testing of white-tailed deer in Boone, McHenry and Winnebago counties for chronic wasting disease, where seven confirmed cases of CWD have occurred. IDNR will be taking samples at Rock Cut State Park in Winnebago County, owned by the Department; Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in three additional deer in northern Illinois, bringing to seven the number of confirmed cases of the disease in the state, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced today. CWD is not known to be contagious to livestock or humans. Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in three more deer in northern Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources announced today, bringing to four the number of confirmed cases of the disease in Illinois. CWD is not known to be contagious to livestock or humans. Two of Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is allowing hunters to bring deer and elk hunted out of state back into Illinois so long as the carcasses are brought to a licensed meat processor or licensed taxidermist within 72 hours of entry into the state. The rule, effective Read more