CWD

CWD Efforts by SCIF

The SCI Foundation (SCIF) through the SCIF Conservation committee and the Conservation Department, are closely following the impacts of chronic wasting disease (CWD). As of January 2024, CWD has been found in deer, elk and/or moose in 32 states in the continental United States, as well as three provinces in Canada. In addition, CWD has been …

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SCIF Developing New Strategy Related To CWD

  By Chris Comer, Ph.D., SCIF Director of Conservation Deer and elk hunters in North America have been bombarded recently with more news items about a topic they would probably just as soon forget: chronic wasting disease (CWD).  It started in the fall and winter with announcements that this potentially devastating disease had been detected in Quebec …

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What Every Deer Hunter Should Know About Chronic Wasting Disease

With the 2018-19 deer hunting season approaching, chronic wasting disease (CWD) is once again in the news as state and federal agencies struggle to manage this potentially devastating disease.  If you are a deer hunter or interested in deer in North America, you are surely aware of CWD and its spread across the United States and …

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