Montana

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…

Fish & Wildlife – Region 5 Wednesday, October 02, 2019 BILLINGS – A white-tailed deer killed last month northeast of Huntley tested positive on initial tests for chronic wasting disease (CWD). It marks an expansion of the area where the disease has been found. All previous south central Montana cases were Read more…

Hunting – Region 1 Monday, September 23, 2019 Kalispell, MT — An additional white-tailed deer in the Libby area is suspected to be positive for chronic wasting disease. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks collected a sample from the adult doe that was found dead on residential property on the west side Read more…

Fish & Wildlife Thursday, May 30, 2019 Chronic Wasting Disease was recently found in a white-tailed doe that was killed within the city limits of Libby. Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials collected the doe after residents reported seeing a very emaciated and sick-looking deer. This week, initial test results came Read more…

Monday, December 10, 2018 Test results from CWD surveillance samples taken during the last week of Montana’s general hunting season showed nine more deer to be suspect of chronic wasting disease. South of Billings in Carbon County, two mule deer — a buck and a doe — and a white-tailed Read more…