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CPW selects specific 2022 deer hunts for mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease testing

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has selected specific deer hunts for mandatory chronic wasting disease testing in 2022 to inform how and where to fight the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease. Beginning in early October, CPW will be sending letters to Colorado rifle season deer hunters who have been selected for[Read More…]

September 29, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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CPW provides update on Chronic Wasting Disease

RBC | At the May CPW Commission meeting in Sterling, CPW Terrestrial Programs Supervisor Matt Eckert provided an update to the Commission on the agency’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing efforts. Eckert summarized the agency’s findings from mandatory CWD testing for the 2021-2022 hunting season as well as lessons learned[Read More…]

June 6, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Hunting license draw opens March 1

RBC I Hunters hoping to draw a big-game license in Colorado in 2022 are urged to review the changes in license requirements and fees in the 2022 Colorado Big Game brochure prior to the March 1 opening of the primary draw application period (March 1 – April 5 at 8[Read More…]

February 23, 2022 by [email protected] Comments are Disabled

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Deer and elk hunters: keep an eye on your mailbox for chronic wasting disease mandatory testing letter

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife has selected specific deer and elk hunts for mandatory chronic wasting disease testing in 2021 to inform how and where to fight the spread of CWD. Beginning in early October, CPW will be sending letters to Colorado rifle season hunters who have been selected[Read More…]

October 8, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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CPW discusses 2019 chronic wasting disease test results

[responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to this”] At its virtual meeting last week, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission discussed the results from CPW’s mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing in 2019. CPW Terrestrial Programs Supervisor Matthew Eckert and State Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Mary Wood provided an update to the[Read More…]

May 15, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Mandatory CWD testing on deer this year

RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) will be conducting mandatory chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing during the 2019 hunting season in specific Game Management Units (GMU) as part of efforts to control the spread of CWD with its Colorado Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan. Beginning in late September, CPW[Read More…]

October 11, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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CPW meeting in Craig April 30 to address CWD

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s efforts to learn more about chronic wasting disease and how the agency will respond to increased prevalence will be the topic of a public meeting in Craig April 30.

April 29, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Colorado Parks and Wildlife addressing Chronic Wasting Disease with response plan

RBC | The 2019 Colorado Big Game Brochure is out and there are plenty of regulation changes and new information for hunters to read up on in advance of the big game draw. One of the big challenges CPW wildlife managers are tackling this year is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).[Read More…]

March 20, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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CPW drafts CWD response plan

RBC | Last month Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) held meetings in Meeker and Craig explaining their increasing concern relative to the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the area mule deer herd. In some upriver Game Management Units, the prevalence rate as shown by tissue sampling via hunter harvest,[Read More…]

August 21, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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CWD advisory group meeting in Rifle July 25

– WHAT: Chronic Wasting Disease Advisory Committee – WHEN: July 25, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – WHERE: Colorado Mountain College, 3695 Airport Road, Rifle By REED KELLEY [email protected] RBC | We reported last week on Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s increasing concern about the prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in[Read More…]

July 21, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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CPW seeks ways to control Chronic Wasting Disease

RBC | Maintaining wildlife health is a fundamental component of sound wildlife management and is a high priority in Colorado. That’s the framework of a series of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) public information meetings about chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Meeker and Craig on Jun 26 and July 2. CPW[Read More…]

July 16, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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CPW invites public to CWD meetings

Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Chronic wasting disease in Colorado will be the topic of discussion during two public opportunities with CPW’s Chronic Wasting Disease Advisory Group. The first in Meeker followed by a second meeting in Craig. The advisory group—comprised of CPW managers, CPW commissioners and a variety[Read More…]

June 25, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment