The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will hold its second meeting of the Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan Committee via Zoom on Monday. The panel is comprised of a group of stakeholders representing conservation, business and hunting organizations and tribal governments.
Committee members are charged with the task of developing input on the plan's implementation and actions to consider as it completes this second five-year review.
The DNR's 15-year CWD Response Plan, in effect through 2025, helps guide the agency's approach to addressing CWD in Wisconsin. The plan was developed to fulfill its public trust responsibility to manage wildlife and ensure the health of Wisconsin's wildlife populations. As part of the implementation, the DNR will review progress toward meeting its goals and objectives every five years.
CWD is a fatal, infectious nervous system disease of deer, moose, elk and reindeer/caribou. The Wisconsin DNR began monitoring the state's wild white-tailed deer population for CWD in 1999. The first positives were found in 2002.
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