cwd

GILLETTE, Wyo. — Wildlife health officials tested over 5,200 samples for chronic wasting disease in 2024, noting an increase in prevalence for mule deer throughout the state, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. In its newly released 2024 CWD Surveillance Report, Game and Fish reported testing 5,276 samples from hunter-harvested, targeted and road-killed animals. Of t...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is once again asking for hunters to provide lymph node samples from their harvested deer and elk this fall to test for CWD. In return, hunters may be eligible to win thousands of dollars in hunting gear...

Deer hunters and other interested persons are invited by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to a public meeting to discuss chronic wasting disease (CWD) management within the Laramie Mountains Herd Unit (Hunt Areas 59, 60, 64). This herd unit has one of the highest prevalence rates of CWD in the state and any management actions taken will be done with public buy-in and participation, so assistan

According to several studies, the disease is most prominent in deer. It's not as frequently found in elk.