CWD Working Group Hopes to Find Solutions Before It’s Too LateCWD Working Group Hopes to Find Solutions Before It’s Too LateA public meeting to provide information and gather crucial public input on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), was held last week at the Wyoming Game and Fish office in Laramie.Thomas KocalThomas Kocal
Chronic Wasting Disease: Public Invited To Join Working GroupChronic Wasting Disease: Public Invited To Join Working GroupGame and Fish is seeking applications to a CWD Working Group to help craft recommendations to revise the CWD Management Plan.Susan BurkSusan Burk
Groups Sue Over Elk Feeding in Wyoming, Citing Disease IssueGroups Sue Over Elk Feeding in Wyoming, Citing Disease IssueThe animals would then be expected to forage for food during all but perhaps the most severe winters.Associated PressAssociated Press
Chronic Wasting Disease Found In New Elk Hunt Area Near SheridanChronic Wasting Disease Found In New Elk Hunt Area Near SheridanAlthough the disease has been previously documented in deer in an overlaying hunt area, this is the first time an elk has tested positive.Susan BurkSusan Burk
Wyoming Elk Refuge Steps Up Chronic Wasting Disease TestingWyoming Elk Refuge Steps Up Chronic Wasting Disease TestingUp to now, participation in the monitoring program was voluntary.Associated PressAssociated Press
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Wyoming DeerChronic Wasting Disease Found in Wyoming DeerGame and Fish makes announcements when CWD is found in a hunting area and a map of CWD affected areas is available online.Matt DiffieMatt Diffie
Deer Killed Near Kaycee Tests Positive For Chronic Wasting DiseaseDeer Killed Near Kaycee Tests Positive For Chronic Wasting Diseasethe U.S. Centers for Disease Control says people should not consume any animal that is obviously ill or tests positive for chronic wasting disease.Tom MortonTom Morton
Wyoming Authorities Check Hunters' Deer for Wasting DiseaseWyoming Authorities Check Hunters' Deer for Wasting DiseaseKroger says the disease is showing up in less than 5 percent of tested animals in hunting areas around Ten Sleep.Associated PressAssociated Press
Judge Invalidates Wyoming Elk Feedground PermitJudge Invalidates Wyoming Elk Feedground PermitThe ruling sends the matter back to the Forest Service to address the issue.Associated PressAssociated Press
Wyoming Hunters Won't be Required to Test for Chronic WastingWyoming Hunters Won't be Required to Test for Chronic WastingAnimals have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Park, Fremont, Sublette and Lincoln counties.Associated PressAssociated Press