State wildlife officials are upping local harvest quotas for whitetail deer to combat a recent outbreak of chronic wasting disease in the Flathead Valley. Officials first received reports of a sickly ...

Maryland DNR has detected chronic wasting disease in a Howard Co. deer for the 1st time. A DNR expert spoke with Patch about ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has established a newChronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone in Hunting District 170, ...

State wildlife officials have established a new Chronic Wasting Disease management zone surrounding the Flathead County ...

LDWF schedules public hearings to discuss expanding the CWD Control Area in Louisiana due to rising deer infections.

Plus: Three deer in MoCo test positive for chronic wasting disease; Silver Spring man charged after allegedly stabbing ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife rolled out the new regulations this spring in response to growing concerns about chronic wasting disease, commonly known as CWD. The disease attacks ...

That’s really our biggest concern: it spreading to areas we don’t know about.” As of this year, Washington has documented five confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease within state boundaries.

That’s really our biggest concern: it spreading to areas we don’t know about.” As of this year, Washington has documented five confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease within state boundaries.

Scientists estimate that when chronic wasting disease prevalence reaches between 7% and 13%, elk populations will decline. Prevalence in western Wyoming elk is thought to be less than 1%.

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and reindeer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has been found in the United States ...