Nov 22, 2023 5:21 PM DEER LODGE – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck that was harvested by a hunter in hunting district (HD) 213 west of Deer Lodge. This is the first time CWD has been detected in the HD and in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Read more…
Feb 7, 2023 3:20 PM First confirmed case of CWD within Great Falls city limits GREAT FALLS – Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a mule deer buck found dead within the city limits of Great Falls in January. The Read more…
GALLATIN GATEWAY – Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer buck that was harvested by a hunter in hunting district 304. This marks the first detection in hunting district 304. The deer was harvested near Gallatin Gateway, along the Read more…
Nov 3, 2022 2:33 PM CARDWELL – Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer buck that was harvested by a hunter in hunting district 311. The deer was harvested about 1 mile northeast of Cardwell on the south side of Read more…
Dec 10, 2021 2:13 PM LIVINGSTON – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a white-tailed deer doe that was harvested by a hunter in hunting district 317. The deer was harvested near the junction of U.S. Highway 89 and Interstate 90, northeast of Livingston. This is the first Read more…
Feb 23, 2021 10:47 AM Hunters and landowners help increase white-tailed deer harvest and CWD sampling SHERIDAN – More than 300 samples were collected for chronic wasting disease testing during a recent CWD management hunt for white-tailed deer in southwest Montana. The hunt, which lasted from Dec. 15 through Feb. 15, Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:November 20, 2020 CONTACT:Dr. Tahnee Szymanski, MT Dept. of Livestock, (406) 444–5214, tszymanski@mt.gov Dr. Marty Zaluski, MT Dept. of Livestock, (406) 444 –2043, mzaluski@mt.gov The Department of Livestock Reports Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Detection in Flathead County Game Farm Helena, Mont.—On November 19 the Montana Department of Livestock received notification that a single game Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2020 FWP seeks public’s help identifying CWD-symptomatic animals Bozeman, MT — A follow-up test has confirmed a positive case of chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer buck that was euthanized in Gallatin County this month after displaying several classic symptoms of the disease. The deer, which was Read more…
CWD – Region 1 Friday, January 17, 2020 Kalispell, MT — A second moose has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in northwest Montana. A hunter harvested the bull moose during the last week of the general hunting season near Fawn Creek southeast of Libby. The moose was harvested within Read more…
Fish & Wildlife – Region 5 Monday, November 25, 2019 BILLINGS – Montana recorded its first suspected case of chronic wasting disease in wild elk Monday. The cow elk was harvested by a landowner on private land northeast of Red Lodge earlier this month and samples were extracted from the Read more…