In Nebraska, tests confirm spread of CWD to Lancaster County
It’s the first known case of chronic wasting disease in deer in the county.
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In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, spreading the word on CWD
Hunter groups, others working on response plan consensus.
Wisconsin DNR to present final CWD plan changes in December
But there’s concern that it could take years to implement the revisions, particularly changes that might require legislative action or regulatory changes.
Six deer test positive for CWD in Maryland
Cases localized to an existing management area in the western part of the state.
In Iowa, CWD concerns draw a full house
Meeting prompted after a deer harvested during the 2016 hunting season in west-central Clayton County tested positive for chronic wasting disease — the first wild deer that tested positive for CWD outside of Allamakee County.
Franklin, Fulton deer tests CWD positive
Two deer farms will remain under quarantine for five years after the last potentially-exposed deer is gone.
Pennsylvania agency wants CWD controls to be written into regulation
Agency says move would provide more permanent status and structure to requirements and restrictions that have been addressed by executive order.
CWD found in wild deer in Iowa’s Clayton County
It’s the first chronic wasting disease-positive wild deer confirmed outside of Allamakee County; meeting scheduled to discuss disease
Dealing with CWD in Mecosta County
Two meetings scheduled for interested landowners, hunters and deer farmers.
First case of CWD in free-ranging Texas whitetail
State taking steps, following plan to deploy early detection and containment strategy
With CWD cases on rise in Iowa, volunteers step up
Helping DNR collect additional deer samples near Harpers Ferry to look for chronic wasting disease
Outdoor News Twitter poll: For anglers, how close is too close on the ice?
In first poll, majority said they wouldn’t eat venison from deer taken in southeastern Minnesota, where there have been six positive CWD cases in the last two months
Wisconsin’s CWD expert, Mike Samuel, has suggestions for DNR and Natural Resources Board on white-tailed deer health
Wisconsin’s top CWD researcher retiring at the end of January
Illinois hunters harvest 144,150 deer in ’16-17 seasons
That’s down about 11,000 from the previous year, according to a State of Illinois release on deer hunting numbers for 2016-17
Arkansas lab to begin testing for chronic wasting disease
Since presence of disease in state was confirmed last February, the state Game and Fish Commission has had to send tissue samples to a Wisconsin lab
Special Minnesota hunt ends with CWD found in 1 more deer
This brings the number of CWD-positive wild deer in southeastern Minnesota to six
Two mule deer test positive for CWD in North Dakota
Doe, buck were taken during gun season in southwestern part of the state
In Arizona, good news on CWD front
Arizona agency: Testing finds no cases of wildlife disease
CWD research No. 1 priority in ensuring big-game hunting’s future
Representatives at a SHOT Show meeting especially worried about CWD’s impact on white-tailed deer, which provides roughly 83 percent of the nation’s recreational hunting
CWD confirmed at second Minnesota deer farm
Female white-tailed deer tests positive for the disease near Dassel in Meeker County in southeastern Minnesota, making it three farm deer to test positive in the last month
CWD cases rising across Upper Midwest
A look at what the reappearance of the disease means for Minnesota, as well as Wisconsin and Iowa
CWD found for first time in southeastern Nebraska
Four deer test positive for chronic wasting disease
CWD found in 2 more deer; 5-county feeding ban now in place
Confirmation of the new cases would bring the total number of current CWD-positive deer to five
A look back at the top 10 Minnesota hunting, fishing, and conservation stories of 2016
The Outdoor News “year in review” appeared in this week’s print edition, and here’s how staffers ranked the biggest outdoors stories from a year that brought us public lands battles and President Trump
Deer carcasses discovered in Rochester part of DNR disposal site
Agency spokesman said that, through mostly confiscations, the site gathered many more dead deer than it could give away, resulting in the pileup of deer left to decompose naturally
Report says Illinois spent more than $1 million monitoring CWD in deer herd during 2016
DNR managers say the cost of tracking and monitoring CWD is worth it as the state has been able to keep the deer disease at bay compared to neighboring states
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