CHEYENNE – Deer and elk hunters across Wyoming and the region gave the Wyoming Game and Fish Department high marks for its work to address chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to a survey sponsored by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The mail survey, conducted by the College Read more
CHEYENNE — A ceremony will rename a state wildlife unit for two renowned wildlife disease researchers who died in a crash late last year. The Sybille Wildlife Research Center and Conservation Unit near Wheatland will be renamed the Tom Thorne/Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center at Sybille. The nearby Sybille-Johnson Creek Read more
KAYCEE – A white-tailed buck harvested from deer hunt area 30 and a mule deer buck harvested from deer hunt area 33 both tested positive for chronic wasting disease, a brain disease known to affect some of Wyoming’ s deer and elk herds. “Although CWD has been found in southeastern Read more
LARAMIE – The first elk to test positive for chronic wasting disease in hunt area 125, the Elk Mountain area on the north end of the Snowy Range, was discovered this week by the Game and Fish Department and the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory. Prior to this discovery, CWD had Read more
LARAMIE – One mule deer buck harvested Oct. 3 from deer Hunt Area 76 on the east face of the Snowy Range just north of the Colorado line tested positive for chronic wasting disease. CWD had not previously been found in that hunt area. “Finding CWD in this hunt area Read more
LARAMIE — Deer and elk hunters contribute significantly to wildlife conservation efforts, but the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking them to do more this hunting season. “We are asking hunters to do two things that they may not have done in the past,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie regional Read more
Game wardens, wildlife biologists and other Wyoming Game & Fish Department personnel hope to collect 4,000 chronic wasting disease (CWD) samples from harvested deer and elk this fall. “Collecting samples from hunters allows the department to document the distribution and prevalence of the disease,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie Regions wildlife Read more
RAWLINS – Laboratory tests and analysis have conclusively ruled out several causes, including chronic wasting disease, some insecticides and a variety of metals, in the mysterious deaths of elk southwest of Rawlins. Through Thursday afternoon, Feb. 26, the death total had grown to 275. The work being done by the Read more
LARAMIE — Statewide surveillance to monitor chronic wasting disease (CWD) is finished, thanks to new testing procedures that allowed the Game and Fish Department to analyze more than twice the number of samples in half the time. The ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay) test, which certified in 2002, allowed G&F Read more
CHEYENNE – There’s much to learn yet about chronic wasting disease, but this is known: a 16-page color booklet with the most up-to-date information about the disease in Wyoming is available to interested individuals. The publication was produced by the magazine and veterinary staffs of the Game and Fish Department Read more