Category Archives: Chronic Wasting Disease

Minnesota DNR Regains Authority to Manage Captive White-Tailed Deer Facilities

August 2023  WMI Outdoor News Bulletin Vo. 77, No. 8 The Minnesota legislative process this year produced significant changes to the management of captive Cervidae facilities. In addition to transference of management authority from the Minnesota Board of Animal Health … Continue reading

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Fry New Midwest Fish & Wildlife Health Coordinator

June 14, 2023 The Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has recently hired a Midwest Regional Fish and Wildlife Health Coordinator.  This position will support MAFWA’ s Fish … Continue reading

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Ontario taking steps to further protect deer, elk and moose from disease

Chelsea PapineauCTV Northern Ontario Digital Content Specialist @ChelseapCTV Contact Published Thursday, December 17, 2020 11:15AM ESTLast Updated Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:09PM EST SUDBURY — The Ontario government has made changes to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to protect deer, … Continue reading

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Michigan Governor Vetoes of Bad Deer Management Bill

December 23, 2019 | by National Deer Alliance Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed House Bill 4687, which would have removed the Natural Resources Commission’s authority to regulate deer baiting and feeding. More specifically, baiting and feeding bans in the state’s … Continue reading

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Wisconsin Hosted ‘Midwest CWD Collaboration Meeting’

Washington D.C. (August 1, 2019)- The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies was pleased to see biologists from several Midwestern states, members of Wisconsin Tribal Nations, plus state and federal conservation groups meet last month to discuss chronic wasting disease … Continue reading

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