Arizona
Arizona remains free of chronic wasting disease (Arizona Game & Fish Department, Mar 31) [link]
Florida
FWC [Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission] testing [a sick] deer found in North Escambia for chronic wasting disease (NorthEscambia.com, Mar 7) [link]
Idaho
ICYMI: Fish and Game [F&G] Commission Meeting March 16, 2023, included an update on CWD (Idaho F&G, Mar 17) [link]
Update: F&G deer removal project in Slate Creek at 21 CWD cases so far (Idaho F&G, Mar 19) [link]
F&G Commission set big game seasons for 2023-24 (Idaho F&G, Mar 27) [link]
Hunter harvest stats show slight increase in elk in 2022, drop in mule deer and white-tailed deer (Idaho F&G, Apr 3) [link]
Louisiana
Jimmy Blake, Robert Dukes winners of LDWF [Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries] CWD sampling contest for 2022-23 hunting season (LDWF, Mar 30) [link]
Manitoba
Province advises additional cases of chronic wasting disease detected in Manitoba (Manitoba Natural Resources & Northern Development, Mar 6) [link]
Minnesota
State agencies not sold on new chronic wasting disease test option (MPR News, Mar 16) [link]
Mississippi
CWD detected in Tunica County (Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Mar 3) [link]
Cases of CWD in Mississippi deer on the rise (The Clarion Ledger, Mar 10) [link]
Chronic wasting disease increases in MS [Mississippi] deer population (The Reflector, Mar 19) [link]
New Mexico
PEEC [Pajarito Environmental Education Center]: Virtual presentation on chronic wasting disease set for April 6 (Los Alamos Reporter, Mar 27) [link]
North Dakota
CWD test results (North Dakota Game and Fish, Mar 13) [link]
Baiting ban bills receives another hearing (KFYR TV, Mar 16) [link]
Deer baiting bill heats up (The Dakotan, Mar 17) [link]
Saskatchewan
A look at chronic wasting disease in southwest Saskatchewan (Swift Current Online, Mar 16) [link]
Government of Saskatchewan grants $90,000 to support ground-breaking chronic wasting disease research (Government of Saskatchewan, Apr 3) [link]
- Related news coverage from the University of Saskatchewan [link], including video comments from Associate Professor Dr. Phil McLoughlin with the University’s Department of Biology (Global News, Apr 3) [link]
South Dakota
GF&P [South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks] assessing chronic wasting disease effects in Black Hills elk population (Black Hills Pioneer, Mar 23) [link]
Tennessee
Hunting seasons preview held at Commission meeting (Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Mar 27) [link]
Texas
Chronic wasting disease discovered in deer breeding facilities in Zavala, Washington, and Gonzales Counties (Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks & Wildlife, Mar 21) [link] [link]
- Related local story with some audio clips: Chronic wasting disease discovered in deer-breeding facility in Washington Co. (KWHI, Mar 24) [link]
Utah
Fatal chronic wasting disease continues to spread in deer (Moab Sun News, Mar 9) [link]
Virginia
DWR [Department of Wildlife Resources] reports 2022–2023 chronic wasting disease surveillance results for disease management areas (Virginia DWR, Mar 8) [link]
DWR addresses concerns over chronic wasting disease (WDBJ 7, Mar 23) [link]
Wisconsin
From avian flu to CWD, state officials say 'now is the time' to invest in animal disease monitoring, response (Wisconsin Public Radio, Mar 3) [link]
DNR [Department of Natural Resources] asks public to avoid feeding deer as cold weather continues (Wisconsin DNR, Mar 21) [link]
Wyoming
Urban deer numbers continue to increase (Cody Enterprise, Mar 1) [link]
Riverton hunt area 157 is ground zero for chronic wasting disease (WyoToday, Mar 3) [link]
In Jackson Hole, good news about CWD—for now (Mountain Journal, Mar 5) [link]
Sundance is implementing a year-round deer cull to curb chronic wasting disease (Wyoming Public Media, Mar 14) [link]
City granted year-round deer permit (The Sundance Times, Mar 16) [link]
CWD: State biologists warn of high prevalence in Park County to the fatal ungulate disease (Powell Tribune, Mar 23) [link]
Chronic wasting disease outbreak in Shoshone River mule deer herd (Buckrail.com, Mar 27) [link]
