State wildlife officials are upping local harvest quotas for whitetail deer to combat a recent outbreak of chronic wasting disease in the Flathead Valley. Officials first received reports of a sickly ...

Scientists estimate that when chronic wasting disease prevalence reaches between 7% and 13%, elk populations will decline. Prevalence in western Wyoming elk is thought to be less than 1%.

Wolves have 10,000 to 100,000 times the olfactory capacity of humans, and seek out prey weakened by disease — 365 days a year. They are our best defense against CWD.

That’s really our biggest concern: it spreading to areas we don’t know about.” As of this year, Washington has documented five confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease within state boundaries.

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and reindeer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has been found in the United States ...

Chronic wasting disease has been associated with population declines in free-ranging deer populations, and federal agencies have already spent more than $300 million on CWD efforts since the turn ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A case of chronic wasting disease was detected in a doe at a Rock County farm, Wisconsin officials confirmed Thursday. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...

Kansas wildlife officials plan a public meeting next week in St. Francis to discuss chronic wasting disease and the strategies the department is taking to assess deer health in the area.

Three of 62 white-tailed deer sampled during 2024 that tested positive for chronic wasting disease were found in Montgomery ...