Today, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced that a third free-ranging deer in Meridian Township (Ingham County) has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The deer was a 5-year-old doe. All three CWD-positive deer detected thus far have been discovered within a mile of one another. “As we Read more
The Michigan departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) have confirmed a second free-ranging deer in Meridian Township (Ingham County) has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose. This second case is a Read more
The Michigan departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) today confirmed that a free-ranging deer in Meridian Township (Ingham County) has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose. This is the first time Read more
Statewide, 1,095 deer have been tested, with 964 testing clean and 131 awaiting results. More than 300 wild Kent County deer have been tested and found to be clear of chronic wasting disease after the highly contagious disorder was found in one northern Kent County farm-raised deer in August. As Read more
What is the CWD Surveillance Zone? The nine-township area of northwest Kent County surrounding the captive deer facility that produced a deer with chronic wasting disease – Tyrone, Solon, Nelson, Sparta, Algoma, Courtland, Alpine, Plainfield and Cannon — is the surveillance zone. What does that mean? All deer killed by Read more
Department of Natural Resources Director Rebecca A. Humphries today announced plans to amend the regulations concerning handling deer in the nine-township surveillance area in Kent County surrounding the captive deer facility where chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected. In making the announcement at the monthly meeting of the Natural Resources Read more
LANSING – The Michigan departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural Resources (DNR) today confirmed the state’s first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a three-year old white-tailed deer from a privately owned cervid (POC) facility in Kent County. The state has quarantined all POC facilities, prohibiting the movement of Read more
Lansing — Michigan deer hunters should not expect to see any last-minute changes in this year’s deer hunting regulations or quotas as a result of findings from the DNR’s audit of more than 500 domestic cervid operations. The statewide audit, which the DNR began in June, was expected to be Read more
With the archery deer hunting season opening Oct. 1 statewide, Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials today reminded hunters to visit deer check stations and information centers operating throughout the state. Hunters who bring their deer to the check stations should have their deer in an accessible location on the Read more
Lansing — Despite an already understaffed Law Enforcement Division, the Michigan DNR says it plans to begin an audit of the state’s domestic deer and elk farm operations within the next couple weeks. The effort is in compliance with Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s executive order of April 15, which transferred authority Read more