The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal to restrict the importation of deer and elk parts into Montana from other states or countries with known cases of Chronic Wasting Disease. The proposed rule would make it unlawful to import dead deer or elk Read more
HELENA — The state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission unanimously approved a preliminary rule that would ban the importation of deer and elk carcasses into the state from places where chronic wasting disease has been reported. The new rule, which the commission is expected to make final in August, is Read more
Results of nearly 1,000 deer and elk tested for chronic wasting disease last winter indicate the deadly disease has not infected Montana’s wild, free-ranging herds, state wildlife officials announced today. The tissue samples from a total of 997 deer and elk harvested by hunters in 2002, or collected by FWP, Read more
BOZEMAN – It’s just a matter of time before chronic wasting disease infects Montana’s deer and elk herds, and state wildlife officials are preparing for it. Keith Aune says hunters are asked to call the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department if they see any animals with extreme weakening, excessive Read more
Hunters and others interested in chronic wasting disease–a fatal disease of deer and elk that has yet to turn up in any Montana wild game, but that is present in nearby states and Canadian provinces–can offer comments at public meetings set to discuss the 2003 hunting seasons. During January, Montana Read more
Disease can be detected in five hours instead of five days A new, rapid test for chronic wasting disease will allow Montana to broaden its efforts to detect an infection in wild deer and elk, according to a state wildlife agency official. And if Montana ever does find CWD in Read more
Montana hunters who want to get their harvested elk or deer tested for chronic wasting disease will need to send the heads of their animals, or parts of the lymph nodes and brain stem, to laboratories in Wyoming or Colorado. Budget constraints have forced the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife Read more
Two laboratories will accept elk or deer heads to be tested for chronic wasting disease from hunters in Montana. The Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory will conduct the tests for $25. Hunters can send a well-wrapped deer or elk head, either well cooled or frozen, to the lab. Test results will Read more