Pennsylvania first detected CWD in 2012 in Adams County, and the disease has since spread to all south-central counties, ...

Arizona's Coconino County, near Flagstaff, has reported a pneumonic plague death, its first since 2007. The Arizona resident, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A startling increase in the prevalence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in southeastern Minnesota’s deer population has triggered a new management response from the Department of ...

A buck harvested during the first week of the firearm season near Wheaton in western Minnesota, in Deer Permit Area 271, tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first time a CWD-infected ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding folks about this firearm hunting deer hunting opener about new CWD regulations.

Minnesota DNR confirms CWD in 2 new deer permit areas Cases confirmed in two adult bucks — one in DPA 266 near Hawley, Minnesota, and the other in DPA 701 near Greenfield in Hennepin County.

CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects cervids. It is relatively rare in Minnesota. Since 2002, 236 deer out of over 130,000 tested by the Minnesota DNR have tested positive for CWD ...

The DNR will continue efforts to address CWD in the area, including postseason whitetail harvesting and restricting the movement of deer carcasses.

Now that CWD prevalence in the southeast part of the state has doubled in one year, to 5% or more, the benefit of offseason culling is considered too meager to justify the expense.