WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Four more cases of chronic wasting disease have turned up in Wind Cave National Park. The fatal disease has been confirmed in three deer and one elk, park officials said. The park has been monitoring deer and elk herds for several years, and information Read more
SALT LAKE CITY – Chronic wasting disease does not appear to be spreading in Utah, wildlife officials said Wednesday. The state Division of Wildlife Resources tested 3,067 samples from deer and elk taken during last fall’s hunting seasons. Seven mule deer tested positive for the disease. All of those deer Read more
MOAB — A mature buck deer in the La Sal Mountains east of Moab has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Division of Wildlife Resources announced Sept. 10. Biologists believe the buck was killed by a mountain lion. “This is the first deer to test positive for CWD Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Chronic wasting disease in deer in Utah appears to be centered in the LaSal Mountains east of Moab and Diamond Mountain north of Vernal, the Division of Wildlife Resources announced Dec. 15. Final results of an extensive sampling effort by the DWR during this year’s deer Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Two more deer taken in Utah during this fall’s general rifle buck deer hunt have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Division of Wildlife Resources announced Dec. 4. Both deer were mature bucks taken on the LaSal Mountains east of Moab. The hunters who took Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — A buck deer taken during this year’s Utah rifle hunt has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Division of Wildlife Resources announced Nov. 10. The mature buck deer was taken on the LaSal Mountains in southeastern Utah during the hunt, which ran until Oct. 22 Read more
PRICE — The Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is in the process of monitoring the presence and prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Utah. To date, a total of five deer have tested positive during the past two years. Sportsmen participating in next week’s deer hunt are encouraged to Read more
VERNAL – The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will hold deer check stations during the rifle hunt to collect biological data and tissue samples for chronic wasting disease. The stations will be at the following locations: Red Cloud Loop station will be located at the turnout with Highway 191 on Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Today, The Division of Wildlife Resources identified yet another Utah deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD). This deer was located during a depredation effort in the Central Region, near Fountain Green in Sanpete County. Five deer were culled from agricultural fields where they were doing Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Two buck deer taken in Utah during this year’s archery hunt have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Division of Wildlife Resources announced Sept. 17. Both of the deer were taken in eastern Utah. One was taken on Diamond Mountain north of Vernal. The other Read more