Date: April 9, 2026Contact: Lindsey DonaldsonContact: Phillip S. Greenwalt Thurmont, Md. – During recent white-tailed deer reduction operations and subsequent disease sampling at Catoctin Mountain Park, two deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first CWD-positive detection at Catoctin Mountain Read more
A Declaration of Emergency (DE) has been issued by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Tyler Bosworth in response to a recently confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) detection in a hunter-harvested white-tailed deer Read more
Salt Lake City — Chronic wasting disease was first detected in Utah’s mule deer in 2002, in northeastern Utah, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recently confirmed it has now spread to deer in Read more
Date: March 5, 2026Contact: Jason Martz GETTYSBURG, PA—During recent white-tailed deer reduction operations and subsequent disease sampling at Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP) and Eisenhower National Historic Site (NHS), two deer tested positive for Chronic Read more
Gladwin is now the 18th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. A hunter-harvested deer from Clement Township recently tested Read more
A hunter-harvested mule deer from Cimarron County in Oklahoma’s Panhandle has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) has activated the CWD Response Plan jointly produced with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. This Read more
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.
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.
