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9/11/2007
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Videos of CWD Research Presentations Available On DNR Website

MADISON -- Recent presentations on chronic wasting disease from state, federal and university scientific experts to members of a Department of Natural Resources advisory group are available for viewing as streaming video on the agency’s Web site.

The Chronic Wasting Disease Stakeholder Advisory Group met for the second time on August 18 at the Lowell Center Inn and Conference Center in Madison. At this meeting, several presenters from state and federal agencies and the University of Wisconsin summarized the state of scientific knowledge about chronic wasting disease, covering topics from human health risk and risks to other species, to the role of environmental contamination and CWD disease ecology in Wisconsin.

Mediasite streaming video of these presentations can be viewed on the Chronic Wasting Disease Stakeholder Advisory Group page of the DNR Web site.

“We are pleased to be able to post these presentations on our Web site so that others around the state can benefit from the information that was provided,” says Alan Crossley, DNR CWD project manager.

The charge of the CWD advisory group is to look at how to minimize the impact of the disease on Wisconsin’s free-ranging deer population, the economy, hunters, landowners and others who benefit from a healthy deer herd. The group will meet monthly through January, 2008 to define a common disease management goal for Wisconsin, propose strategies for CWD management and study the consequences and trade-offs of the various management strategies.

The department will take the group’s recommendations and advance these to the Natural Resources Board. Changes in CWD management as a result of this public planning process are expected to be in place for the 2008 deer seasons.

Members of the CWD advisory stakeholders group include residents from within and outside the areas where CWD has been found, along with representatives from the Conservation Congress, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, the farmed cervid industry, the retail sporting goods industry, food pantries, the Wisconsin Deer Hunters Association, the Wisconsin Meat Processors Association, the Wisconsin Bowhunters Association and the DNR.

The public is encouraged to visit the CWD Public Dialogue Web pages through the fall to stay current on the committee’s work, Crossley says.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Crossley, DNR CWD Project Manager (608) 266-5463