August 10, 2018 at 4:04 p.m.
Public information meeting on CWD to be held in Tomahawk
Public information meeting on CWD to be held in Tomahawk
The deer was harvested near the Wisconsin River. Knowing the river was a corridor for deer travel, biologists set up a surveillance area somewhat different than others. While a positive finding would normally prompt the Department of Natural Resources to create a 10-mile circle around where the deer was harvested and do targeted surveillance there, because of the river, a key-shaped surveillance area was also added, in an attempt to gain information along that travel corridor.
During the meeting last winter, deer biologist Janet Brehm said the DNR would look to work with local landowners in harvesting up to 75 animals to be tested for the disease.
The finding prompted a 3-year feeding and baiting ban for Lincoln County and a 2-year ban in Langlade and Oneida counties, as required by state statute.
Oneida County was already under a deer feeding and baiting ban due to a positive finding on a game farm near Three Lakes. This meant Lincoln County would be under a deer feeding and baiting ban until 2021, and Lincoln and Oneida until 2020. If, in that time frame, no other deer were found with the disease, a sunset clause would kick in and the ban would be lifted.
On Aug. 15, the DNR as well as County Deer Advisory Committees (CDACs) from Oneida, Lincoln, and Langlade counties, will hold another public information meeting at Tomahawk High School to discuss CWD in the three counties in regards to the testing and surveillance done in response to this positive finding.
"The meeting will detail CWD collection sites as well as voluntary surveillance permits used to acquire tissue samples for CWD testing," a DNR press release said. "These permits will be issued in an area surrounding the location where a wild deer tested positive for CWD in the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018."
The public is encouraged to attend the meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. in the Tomahawk High School auditorium. The high school is located at 1048 E. King Road, Tomahawk. For more information on CWD in Wisconsin, go to the DNR website dnr.wi.gov and type in the keyword "CWD" in the search box.
Beckie Gaskill may be reached via email at [email protected].
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