The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed Wednesday the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Chippewa County, which will lead to a renewal of baiting and feeding bans that are already in place.

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 Natural Resources that might surprise hunters.

Targeted culling of wild deer in Winona and Fillmore counties will end because a rise in CWD has made the disease management approach ineffective.

A wild deer in Chippewa County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), causing baiting and feeding bans to be renewed in two western Wisconsin counties. A release from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) states that officials recently confirmed the first positive test result for CWD in a

Officials say chronic wasting disease has reached "endemic stage" in three permit areas, meaning current management techniques are no longer effective.

The targeted culling of deer to try and contain the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) is being ended in parts of southeastern Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the practice is being discontinued in deer permit area 646,