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Georgia DNR gives overview to House committee; confirms first CWD-positive deer found
Summary
Commissioner Walter Raven told the House Natural Resources & Environment Committee that the Department of Natural Resources manages parks, fisheries, law enforcement and other divisions across Georgia and announced that a hunter-harvested deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
Commissioner Walter Raven, head of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the House Natural Resources & Environment Committee during its first meeting of 2025 that the agency manages more than 1.2 million acres of public land, operates 65 state parks and oversees a broad set of divisions that touch conservation, law enforcement and recreation across the state.
Raven said the department has about 1,900 employees and a budget of about $355,000,000, financed roughly 40% by state funds, 25% by federal grants and 35% by fees and other revenue. "We touch every part of the state and we touch every Georgian in some shape, form, or fashion through the Department of Natural Resources," he said.
The commissioner used the committee appearance to announce…
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