MINNEAPOLIS — A startling increase in the prevalence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in southeastern Minnesota’s deer population has triggered a new management response from the Department of ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is adding eight counties it's deer feeding and attractant ban in an effort to curb chronic wasting disease.

A buck harvested during the first week of the firearm season near Wheaton in western Minnesota, in Deer Permit Area 271, tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first time a CWD-infected ...

Outside the ban area, the DNR advises against feeding deer and suggests focusing on habitat improvements for sustainable food ...

November 9th and 10th is the beginning of Minnesota’s Deer Hunting Opener. Hunters throughout Minnesota are getting their gear packed, and brushing up on the new CWD regulations.

Minnesota DNR confirms CWD in 2 new deer permit areas Cases confirmed in two adult bucks — one in DPA 266 near Hawley, Minnesota, and the other in DPA 701 near Greenfield in Hennepin County.

Now that CWD prevalence in the southeast part of the state has doubled in one year, to 5% or more, the benefit of offseason culling is considered too meager to justify the expense.

Recently the Minnesota DNR has put more focus on southeastern Minnesota, including around Wabasha and Preston where CWD has been detected. More than 40 deer with CWD were detected in the southeast ...

According to computer modeling by Sergey Berg, an assistant professor of computer and information science at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, CWD in southeastern Minnesota could have been ...