The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in the state in 2011.
The $12 million will help state and tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to combat chronic wasting disease.
Whole animal carcasses cannot leave or be transported outside of certain county lines.
The cases were detected in white-tailed deer in the Panhandle Region of northern Idaho.
Of 142 deer farms and hunting ranches in Wisconsin, a third have been hit with CWD since 2001.
All cases were from the western part of the state, including 2 from previously unaffected hunting units 3B2 and 3B3, both in the western-central region.
West Virginia detected cases within 10 miles of the county border, triggering the addition, officials said.
The state DNR said that 89% of the positive cases were found in the Southern Farmland Zone.
The newly identified deer, a 4.5-year-old white-tailed buck, was harvested by a landowner helping the DNR with ongoing sampling.
Counties reporting their first CWD cases are Audrain, Callaway, Lewis, Marion, Miller, Morgan, and Texas, all of which abut CWD-positive areas.
The rest of the 23 CWD-positive deer harvested by hunters during the 2024-25 hunting season were found in Allen, Hardin, Marion, and Wyandot counties.
The newly affected counties, identified during the April 2024 to March 2025 CWD surveillance season, include Cedar, Davis, Shelby, Story, and Wapello.
The deer in Adams County, in west-central Illinois, is the first documented case outside of the state's northern CWD-endemic region.
CWD-positivity in hunter-harvested animals ranged from 2.3% in elk to 29% in white-tailed bucks.
The infected white-tailed deer was found in the Prince William County, Virginia, part of the park.
Wyoming's Horse Creek becomes the 4th elk feeding ground in the state to test positive since January, and Louisiana's Catahoula Parish reports the first case in wild deer outside of Tensas Parish.
Grant County, in the northeast part of the state, was added to the state's CWD containment area in 2015 because it is near other counties with CWD-positive cases.
Elk Hunt Area 93 is bordered by CWD-positive elk hunt areas 87 and 92 in the northwest part of the state.
Washtenaw County is in the southeastern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and is home to Ann Arbor.
The county is in the west-central part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
Kaufman County is in the northeastern part of the state, just outside of Dallas.
Baiting and feeding encourage deer to congregate around a shared food source, risking the transmission of CWD through direct contact or environmental contamination.
The county is in southwestern Indiana, on the border with Illinois and Kentucky, both of which are CWD-positive.
The two adult female elk were found dead in January and early February, respectively, at the Dell Creek feeding ground.
The severely emaciated deer was found dead on private property located more than 10 miles away from any other CWD-positive cases.
