Chronic Wasting Disease

Welcome to the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance's web site.

This site is a joint project of the Boone and Crockett Club, Mule Deer Foundation, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. These non-profit wildlife conservation organizations formed the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance in January 2002 to address CWD. Other organizations have since joined the Alliance.

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The mission of the CWD Alliance is to promote responsible and accurate communications regarding CWD, and to support strategies that effectively control CWD to minimize its impact on wild, free-ranging cervids including deer, elk, and moose.

The CWD Alliance and its partner organizations are committed to providing timely, scientifically accurate information regarding chronic wasting disease, its impacts on wildlife and humans, and recommendations for its control.

What's New:

Wisconsin : CWD-Positive White-Tailed Deer Found in Junction City Hunting Preserve
A white-tailed deer on a Portage County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. Read more...

Michigan : Tests of More Than 1,000 Deer Find No More Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease
Statewide, 1,095 deer have been tested, with 964 testing clean and 131 awaiting results. More than 300 wild Kent County deer have been tested and found to be clear of chronic wasting disease after the highly contagious disorder was found in one northern Kent County farm-raised deer in August. Read more...

Michigan : DNR Director Amends Order Restricting Movement of Deer from the CWD Surveillance Zone
Department of Natural Resources Director Rebecca A. Humphries today announced plans to amend the regulations concerning handling deer in the nine-township surveillance area in Kent County surrounding the captive deer facility where chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected. Read more...

Michigan : Lower Peninsula Bait and Feed Ban
Frequently asked questions about baiting and feeding ban in Michigan. Read more... [PDF]

Michigan : CWD Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about CWD in Michigan Read more... [PDF]

Virginia : Effective September 1, Feeding Deer Will Be Illegal in Virginia
Effective September 1, it will be illegal to feed deer statewide in Virginia. The prohibition runs through the first Saturday in January (January 3, 2009). The regulation designating the prohibition went into effect in 2006.
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Michigan : Michigan's First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected at Kent County Deer Breeding Facility
LANSING - The Michigan departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural Resources (DNR) today confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a three-year old white-tailed deer from a privately owned cervid (POC) facility in Kent County. Read more...