DNR asks hunters to help with CWD sampling again this year
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DNR asks hunters to help with CWD sampling again this year
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is an always-fatal nervous system disease in cervids such as white-tailed deer. While the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began monitoring wild deer populations in 1999, the first positives were not found until 2002. More recently, the disease has been found in the Northwoods, with five deer now having tested positive within the current Lincoln/Oneida County surveillance area. The most recent positives came during last year's firearms season, according to DNR wildlife biologist Jeremy Holtz. All of those positives, he said, have been in fairly close proximity in southwest Oneida and northwest Lincoln counties. (subscriber access)
