BY Jerry Kane ON Jan 16, 2026 Conservation News, Wildlife News Chronic wasting disease surveillance conducted in southwestern Nebraska during the November and December deer seasons detected 197 positive cases in deer. In the Buffalo, Republican, Platte and Frenchman management units 785 samples were collected for testing. CWD was detected Read more
17 December 2018 LINCOLN, Neb. – The presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has been detected for the first time in central and north-central Nebraska counties of Valley and Keya Paha, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Game and Parks conducted CWD sampling operations at deer Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – The presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has been detected for the first time in the southwestern Nebraska counties of Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Frontier and Franklin, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The Commission conducted a CWD sampling operation in its Northwest and Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has appeared for the first time in Buffalo, Custer and Holt counties, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. There were 1,565 lymph node samples collected from deer taken during the 2011 November firearm deer season, with 26 samples testing Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – Testing of deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) along the Kansas border produced negative test results. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in southern Red Willow County and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks in northern Decatur County last month tested 63 deer and found no Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – More than 3,200 hunter-harvested deer and 44 elk were tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) this fall, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. “A total of 17 deer tested positive for the disease, and all but three of the positive tests were from deer harvested Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – The number of Nebraska deer testing positive for chronic wasting disease fell for the second year in a row, although there is evidence the disease has expanded. Seventeen deer tested positive, out of a sample size of 5,841, for the disease in 2006, according to Bruce Trindle, Read more
Lincoln, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is asking deer hunters to again help monitor the status of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state. Bruce Trindle, a fish and wildlife specialist in the disease section of the Commissions wildlife division, said biologists hope to collect retropharyngeal lymph Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – An adult male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter during the November firearm season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reported today. The buck was shot on Cornhusker Wildlife Management Area, located about 4 miles northwest of Grand Island, Read more
Lincoln, Neb. – As the November firearm deer season draws nearer, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is telling hunters they will again play a vital role in monitoring the states deer herd for the presence of chronic wasting disease, or CWD. Bruce Morrison, the Commission biologist heading the disease Read more