Two adult male deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in two deer permit areas without previous confirmed cases of the disease. One deer was harvested in DPA 266 near Hawley in Clay County and the other deer was harvested in DPA 701 near Greenfield in Hennepin County. Both deer Read more
Cases confirmed in DPA 266 near Hawley and DPA 701 near Greenfield Two adult male deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in two deer permit areas without previous confirmed cases of the disease. One deer was harvested in DPA 266 near Hawley in Clay County and the other deer Read more
CWD late-season hunt takes place in select DPAs Dec. 20-22 A deer harvested near Wheaton in western Minnesota during the opening weekend of firearms season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The adult male deer was harvested within deer permit area 271 along the Minnesota-South Dakota border. To date, Read more
November 27, 2023 A deer harvested during the opening weekend of firearms season near Wabasha in southeastern Minnesota has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The hunter harvested the adult male deer in deer permit area (DPA) 342, within the southeastern Minnesota CWD surveillance zone where hunters were required to Read more
Deer permit area 184 near Bemidji is being added to other DPAs in southeastern Minnesota and the south metropolitan area where hunters can harvest deer during a late-season chronic wasting disease management hunt, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. DPA 184 is being added to the hunt after Read more
News Release For immediate release: August 5, 2022 Contact: Erin Crider Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a four-year-old doe in a Winona County white-tailed deer herd. This herd has been officially quarantined since October 2020 and is part of the Board of Animal Health’s (Board’s) investigation into Read more
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is updating its chronic wasting disease response plan after the discovery of a wild white-tailed deer infected with CWD within the city of Grand Rapids. The response plan update will better reflect a statewide approach to disease surveillance, management, control and education. This Read more
December 6, 2021 Deer feeding and attractant bans expand; fall sampling shows CWD prevalence remains low A newly discovered instance of chronic wasting disease in the Brainerd Lakes area will result in three more years of sampling and other disease management efforts for that area. In addition, following the confirmation Read more
News Release For immediate release: April 7, 2021 Contact: Michael Crusan St Paul, Minn – A 3-year-old white-tailed doe at a Beltrami County farm has been confirmed CWD positive by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories. This 77-head herd was quarantined in October 2020 as part of the Board of Read more
News Release For immediate release: February 22, 2021 Contact: Michael Crusan Saint Paul, Minn – Test results following the late-January depopulation of a Houston County white-tailed deer farm confirm nine additional cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Results from the National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the detection of CWD in five Read more