Game and Fish CWD working group to meet in Casper

The public is invited to attend the working group proceedings and will have a chance to comment at the end of the meeting.

Game and Fish gears up for more CWD monitoring

For 2022, samples are requested across Wyoming in key deer and elk hunt areas, and six deer hunt areas are mandatory for samples. 

Hunters in deer areas 157 and 171 can help with CWD research

see how to have your bucks sampled for CWD research

CWD management plan comments accepted though Jan. 15

Public meeting recording available online

Wyoming Game and Fish director testifies to US Senate Committee about CWD

Testimony provided a history of CWD management in Wyoming and impacts to the state’s wildlife populations.

CWD prevalence in North Bighorns elk herd unit

In 2019, the Game and Fish Department’s chronic wasting disease surveillance program shifted from monitoring distribution and spread of the disease to concentrated focus on selected deer

Game and Fish finds CWD in new deer hunt area near Cody

​The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Deer Hunt Area 110, which is west of Cody.

Game and Fish finds CWD in new deer hunt area near Gillette

​The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Deer Hunt Area 17 northwest of Gillette.

CWD found in new elk hunt area in Southeast Washakie County

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has diagnosed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a cow elk that was found dead in southeast Washakie County.

Game and Fish requires mandatory CWD samples from two deer hunt areas

Madatory CWD testing in Deer Areas 96 & 97

Hunters: Checking your CWD test results is easy

Hunters who had tissue samples collected from their deer, elk, or moose this hunting season for chronic wasting disease testing can easily check the results of those tests on the Wyoming Game and…

CWD Historical Overview in Saratoga - PowerPoint presentation

CWD Historical Overview - Saratoga, Wyoming