SALEM, Ore.—Successful hunters, please have your harvested deer or elk checked for Chronic Wasting Disease and follow regulations that prohibit the import of any deer, elk or moose parts containing central nervous system tissue into Oregon from states or Canadian provinces with CWD. CWD is an untreatable neurological disease that Read more
SALEM – Hunters are reminded that it is illegal to bring deer, elk or moose parts containing central nervous system tissue into Oregon from any state or province with a documented case of Chronic Wasting Disease. In recent weeks, several hunters have been cited for not following the ban. Though Read more
SALEM – With deer season opening next weekend (Sept. 30), state wildlife officials today urged successful deer and elk hunters to visit check stations as part of the state’s effort to monitor for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). ODFW staff and student volunteers from Oregon State University and Washington State University Read more
SALEM – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials today reminded successful deer and elk hunters to bring their animals through ODFW check stations as part of the state’s effort to monitor for Chronic Wasting Disease. While the disease has not been found in Oregon wildlife to date, ODFW scientists Read more
SALEM – During the upcoming deer and elk hunting seasons, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking deer and elk hunters to assist with collection of vital wildlife disease information. “We are asking hunters to bring their deer and elk carcasses to biological check stations or their nearest Read more
Test results are negative in Oregon deer and elk samples. So far, every sample collected from deer and elk killed during hunting seasons in Oregon has tested negative for the presence of chronic wasting disease, the head of Oregon’s testing program said Tuesday. “It is really good news that it Read more
A commission will look at ways to keep chronic wasting disease out of Oregon. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission meets Friday in Portland to vote on adding rules for dealing with banned animal parts that get into the state from areas with chronic wasting disease. Previously, commissioners made permanent Read more
Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission last week adopted a permanent rule that aims to prevent the importation of chronic wasting disease to Oregon. Hunters bringing meat back from states with CWD and cannot import any portion of the head or spinal column unless it has been cleaned of all meat Read more
Commissioners were told that so far, all wildlife samples collected during the 2002 hunting seasons have gotten a clean bill of health in testing for chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is a nontreatable, fatal disease that has been found in farm-raised and wild deer and elk in Read more
WALDPORT — The most explosive issue in the history of North American deer and elk management could erupt from the end of a grapefruit knife that Doug Cottam bought at Fred Meyer. Hands safely squeezed into latex gloves, he kneels at a rural roadside in a light mist and works Read more