chronic wasting disease

A recent study in partnership with Michigan State University showed machine learning could calculate where chronic wasting disease could spread at the county level.

Chronic wasting disease is a fatal illness that affects the nervous system of deer, elk, and moose. Cases are rising in Michigan.

This year, hunters will be expected to report their kill online.

Michigan wildlife officials say the size of the state’s deer herd is similar to last year, as the first hunters of the season head to the woods this…

State lawmakers are considering a resolution to end some restrictions on deer hunting.The restrictions are in place in parts of the state known to have…

Deer season started for bow hunters on October 1. The Department of Natural Resources will be testing harvested deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).…

Officials say five people who worked in a Michigan wildlife disease lab were diagnosed last year with a latent form of tuberculosis.The Department of…

Hunting season is underway. And lawmakers are trying to quickly move a bill that would allow deer or elk baiting.Right now, a state rule bans baiting and…

To help combat chronic wasting disease, Michigan is banning deer baiting and feeding across big parts of the state. It’s highly unpopular with some…

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says a fatal neurological disease in deer has turned up for the first time in the Upper Peninsula.The 4-year…