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In the previous hunting season, three parks near Gettysburg National Military Park reported their first cases.
The infected deer was harvested by a hunter in Clement Township.
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet in March to finalize any deer-management changes prompted by the discovery.
The infected buck was taken by a hunter in the Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area.
The county's deer baiting and feeding ban will be extended for another 3 years as a result, officials say.
Grangeville is in northwest Idaho, in the foothills of the Bitterroot Mountains.
Dickson County is in the north-central part of Tennessee, and Williamson County is in the central part of the state, just south of Nashville.
The infections were reported by Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Manitoba, Canada.
Wildlife-feeding and carcass-transportation restrictions are in place, because Wayne County was already included in the state’s CWD management zone.
The deer was harvested near the Berrien County line, about 14 miles from the nearest CWD-positive location.
