Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Passes New CWD Regs
In an attempt to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease across the state of Arkansas, the state’s Game and Fish Commission passed 12 regulations on Friday at a session in Little Rock. The commission established a CWD Management Zone spread across 10 counties, which will contain specific deer and elk bag limits, along […]
Arkansas Targets Deer Rehabilitation Centers in Attempt to Contain CWD
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission have tabled a proposal they hope will aid in their fight against chronic wasting disease. After recording 90 cases of the debilitative disease so far this year, officials are proposing a ban on deer rehabilitation facilities across the state, with hopes of containing the illness. “If you take […]
CWD Claims First Mulie in Star Valley
It had been about eight years. In 2008 wildlife managers uncovered a moose infected with the degenerative disease in an area close to Bedford, Wyoming but had not had a positive case in the Star Valley region since. That is, until a dead doe mule deer was found in close proximity to Star Valley Ranch, […]
Missouri Increases CWD Sample Collection
After 86 cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) were discovered in northern Arkansas this spring, the Missouri Department of Conservation has decided to increased sample collection with the purpose of testing for the disease. In light of the increase in CWD cases in neighboring Arkansas, a focus area 50 miles from Arkansas’ CWD infected […]
Pennsylvania Confirms Twelve New Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease
Just west of York County in south-central Pennsylvania lies Disease Management Area 2 (DMA 2), or ground zero for chronic wasting disease in the state. The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed twelve additional white-tailed deer had been infected with chronic wasting disease in 2015. The state now has a total of 22 confirmed cases of […]
Despite Chronic Wasting Disease Cases, Arkansas Elk Hunt to Continue
The show must go on. May 1st marked the first day the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began accepting applications for the state’s annual elk hunt. The business-as-usual announcement came after an offseason full of speculation and bad news from the state’s deer and elk herds after a number of confirmed cases of chronic […]
New CWD Cases in Missouri Bring Mandatory Testing in Certain Counties
The Missouri Department of Conservation has tallied the final results from their 2015-2016 fall and winter chronic wasting disease testing. The program, which tested nearly 7,700 free-range deer, resulted in seven new and confirmed cases of the disease, bringing the statewide total up to 33 cases since the disease was discovered in Missouri deer […]
Wisconsin Lawmakers Call on Governor, DNR to be More Active in the Fight Against CWD
Due in part to changes in the state of Wisconsin’s electronic registering system, the state’s Department of Natural Resources tested fewer deer in 2015 for chronic wasting disease, despite the rise in deer testing positive for the disease. Last year’s tests revealed that more than 9 percent of the deer sampled tested positive for CWD, […]
Arkansas Game and Fish Expects Lower Turnout for 2016 Deer Seasons
Since confirming more than 50 cases of chronic wasting disease in the state of Arkansas, the Game and Fish Commission has stated that they expect to experience a decrease in deer hunters across the state this fall. “Realistically, we could see a slight downturn in hunting license sales,” Brad Carner, a spokesman for the Commission […]
Five Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in Maryland
The state of Maryland confirmed their first case of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer back in February of 2011 and just recently confirmed five more affected animals this past week. After receiving laboratory confirmation that five white-tailed deer harvested in the state of Maryland, the state’s total overall cases has risen to 11. While […]