WASHINGTON — The federal government is pitching in $4 million to help key states in their efforts to combat chronic wasting disease. State officials and researchers in Montana and Wyoming say the money will enhance efforts to monitor and manage deer and elk with the neurological disease. The disease can Read more
LARAMIE — Researchers from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the State Veterinary Laboratory recently completed tests to monitor chronic wasting disease (CWD), a disease of some deer and elk. Researchers analyzed 2,550 samples – 1,755 deer and 795 elk — during Wyoming’s 2002 hunting season, with 105 deer Read more
RAWLINS, Wyo. – No more cases of chronic wasting disease have been found in Carbon County as testing for the fatal brain malady is nearing completion. Hank Edwards, a disease specialist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, said 2,301 of 2,318 samples submitted by hunters have been tested by Read more
CASPER – Four mule deer, harvested from areas where chronic wasting disease had previously not been found, recently tested positive for the disease. Three of the mule deer were harvested in the extreme southeast corner of Hunt Area 34 just northwest of Casper. “Finding CWD in Hunt Area 34 was Read more
LARAMIE — Hunters and others interested in chronic wasting disease, a fatal disease affecting some of the deer and elk herds in southeast Wyoming, are invited to attend a meeting of the subject hosted by the Game and Fish Department. During a two-hour presentation, participants will be given the most Read more
LANDER — The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has approved changes to hunting rules that will allow the Game and Fish Department to quickly respond to possible new outbreaks of wildlife diseases such as chronic wasting disease (CWD). Terry Cleveland, assistant chief of the agency’s Wildlife Division, said the recent Read more
A deer harvested in Deer Hunt Area 78, on the western slope of the Snowy Range, south of Saratoga and one harvested in Deer Hunt Area 82 on the western slope of the Sierra Madres tested positive for chronic wasting disease. “The deer were harvested outside the area where CWD Read more
This year hunting tips from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will include not only the typical “Be sure of your target and beyond,” but also, tips on proper disposal of deer and elk carcasses, especially in Chronic Wasting Disease Areas. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a rare disease affecting Read more