Wisconsin is entering its fourth year of Chronic Wasting Disease management. During the first three years of the CWD control program, extensive testing was conducted across the state to investigate the distribution and prevalence of the disease. We have made significant progress toward reducing the free-ranging deer population in the Read more
MADISON – A new publication titled Controlling Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin (PDF) is now available online and in DNR offices across Wisconsin. The publication is a progress report on the first three years of Wisconsin’s CWD control efforts and progress to date in the areas of CWD research, disease Read more
A white-tailed deer farm in Portage County that was under quarantine since January has been cleared from having any animals with Chronic Wasting Disease. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture says Don and Patty Schnell’s herd near Rosholt was recently destroyed after one of their deer was sold to a hunting Read more
U.S. Senator Herb Kohl included $1,750,000 in funding for Wisconsin’s Chronic Wasting Disease eradication efforts as part of the FY2006 Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Kohl is the ranking member of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, which approved the bill this week, and identified CWD eradication as a Read more
Natural Resources Board approves either sex hunting PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – Bow hunters will be able to harvest a deer of either sex during the early archery season in chronic wasting disease (CWD) management zones, under rules approved April 27 by the state Natural Resources Board. The bow season Read more
Milwaukee, Wis. – The public will have an opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the boundaries of the eastern Chronic Wasting Disease – Disease Eradication Zones and other changes to hunting season structure, and learn about herd status at combined public hearing-informational open houses scheduled for March 14, 15 Read more
FITCHBURG – The Department of Natural Resources will be hosting two deer management Open Houses in south central Wisconsin preceding public hearings on the agency’s proposed revisions to its chronic wasting disease (CWD) rules and regulations. The Open Houses covering herd status and CWD hearings will be on: March 14, Read more
MADISON – The public will have an opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the boundaries of the western and eastern Chronic Wasting Disease – Disease Eradication Zones and other changes to hunting season structure, and learn about herd status at five combined public hearing-informational open houses scheduled for March Read more
FITCHBURG – A Richland Center man who owns property in one of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) “sparks” areas is slated to receive the third of four Sparks Incentive Program cash payments. Ward McDonald will get a $2000 check for a deer that was shot on his Town of Orion Read more
LAKE GENEVA – A deer shot by a hunter in Walworth County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Department of Natural Resources reported. The deer was killed within the CWD Herd Reduction Zone, just outside the eastern Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) boundary, The buck, about 18 months old, Read more