chronic wasting disease

If you plan on deer hunting in east-central Minnesota when the firearms season opens Saturday, the DNR has a request for you.

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A 500-deer farm in Ramsey County is under quarantine, after chronic wasting disease was detected in a red deer. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says Friday a 2-year-old female deer tested positive for the disease.

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Before long, the first hunting season of the fall will get underway and there are some new items this year the DNR wants you to know. The first seasons get underway in early September and continue until November 5th. There are also new programs and changes to regulations.

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The state's search for additional evidence of chronic wasting disease continues to come up empty. None of the 665 adult deer tested for CWD in southeastern Minnesota tested positive for the disease.

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Starting Monday, residents of four southeastern Minnesota counties will be forbidden to feed deer as part of an effort to fight chronic wasting disease in the state. The ban is taking place in Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted and Wabasha counties and will continue indefinitely.

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The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public meeting to discuss chronic wasting disease in southeastern Minnesota. It's set for next Monday, Feb. 14, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Pine Island High School cafeteria.

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Deer hunters in southeastern Minnesota's will be used to help the Department of Natural Resources determine the extent of an outbreak of chronic-wasting disease.

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A federal laboratory has confirmed that a white-tailed deer killed near the southeastern Minnesota town of Pine Island has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

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