MADISON — A deer from outside the boundary of the chronic wasting disease management zone in Grant County has tested positive for the disease. The 2.5 year old buck was killed and registered Nov. 18. “It’s disappointing but not unexpected to have a CWD-positive outside the current zone boundary. This Read more
SHELL LAKE, Wis.– The Department of Natural Resources has announced that chronic wasting disease, CWD for short, was detected in a wild adult doe found on private property just west of Shell Lake in Washburn County. Tissue samples have been confirmed as CWD-positive at both the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Read more
MADISON – Hunters and landowners can learn more about what they can do to maintain a healthy deer herd and Wisconsin’s strong hunting traditions through a new website dedicated to sharing information on Chronic Wasting Disease. The website, www.knowcwd.com, carries the theme of “Hunt. Harvest. Help” and features racing champion Read more
The state’s natural resources department is looking for some feedback from the public on what to do with the former Buckhorn Flats game operation in Portage County–which was the first such farm to raise animals that tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease back in 2002. The agency will be holding Read more
MADISON — Final chronic wasting disease results are negative for a white-tailed deer on a northwestern Wisconsin hunting preserve, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. This means the deer did not have CWD. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results late Tuesday. Ehlenfeldt released Read more
The Department of Natural Resources is asking Ashland and Bayfield county hunters to help with surveillance efforts to see if chronic wasting disease may be present in free-ranging, wild deer the area. Sampling stations where hunters can bring deer for disease testing will be at the following locations on opening Read more
Preliminary test shows ill deer at shooting preserve near Ashland A white-tailed deer from a shooting preserve in northern Wisconsin has tested positive on a screening test for chronic wasting disease – a discovery that has the potential to bring the disease to a new part of the state. Complicating Read more
The Natural Resources Board has adopted the new 15-year plan for fighting chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin deer. View it on the department website.
A new draft of the 15-year CWD Response Plan has been posted to the DNR’s website: Download here. This draft is the version that will be submitted to the Natural Resources Board for approval. It builds on the work of the stakeholder advisory group, the outside panel review, and public Read more
The public has an opportunity to comment on a revised draft plan that would guide the Department of Natural Resources’ chronic wasting disease (CWD) management efforts for the next 15 years. “We have data about the devastating effects of CWD on deer herds in Colorado and Wyoming,” said Davin Lopez, Read more