Wisconsin DNR Announces Primary Results of CWD – Deer & Predator Study
Posted on 1-23-2025
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today presented the primary results of the Southwest Wisconsin Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), Deer and Predator Study to the Natural Resources Board (NRB). A recording of the NRB meeting, including this presentation, is available on the DNR’s YouTube channel.
The purpose of this study was to determine how CWD impacts deer populations. This involved estimating deer survival rates and how they were influenced by CWD.
Fieldwork for this project took place in northern Iowa, Dane and Grant counties. This area was selected for study as it is the region where CWD was first detected in Wisconsin in 2002 and has maintained a high CWD prevalence in the years since.
