Chronic Wasting Disease News Releases

On this page you’ll find links to CWD news releases from the Wisconsin DNR, legislative hearing testimonies, CWD audit information and pages of photos highlighting CWD sampling activities.

• New CWD Management Zone: Season structure similar to rest of state Landowner & hunter permits discontinued (07/23/2008)
• Hearings announced on proposed CWD hunting rules for 2008 (2/27/2008)
• About 24,000 Pounds of Venison: community groups oversee donation program (1/10/2008)
• CWD Eradication Zones: Earn-a-Buck tagging doesn’t apply starting January 7 (SCR) (12/20/2007)
• CWD Eradication Zones: DNR to conduct aerial deer herd survey (12/20/2007)
• 2008 hunting season set in CWD management zone (4/29/2007)

2006 CWD Audit

• DNR Response to Legislative Audit of CWD Program [PDF 52KB]
• CWD Audit Report - Legislative Audit Bureau
  • Audit highlights [EXIT DNR]
  • Audit report [EXIT DNR]
• DNR audit response summary hand-out [PDF 56KB]
• DNR News Release on Legislative Audit of CWD Program
• DNR Secretary memo to Natural Resources Board Management of Chronic Wasting Disease
  October 25, 2006 [PDF, 77KB]

Photos

• CWD Registration and Sampling Station Photos
• Black Earth Processing Center Photos

For larger, higher resolution photos suitable for print publications, please e-mail Nick Van Court.

Contact Information

For answers to questions relating to CWD in Wisconsin, email Wildlife Health.

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