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Game Commission reports 487 CWD positives so far, proposes allocations and continued extended seasons in select units
Summary
Commission staff reported chronic wasting disease surveillance results—about 12,600 samples collected with 487 positives—and presented deer license allocations and a recommendation to continue extended antlerless seasons in three CWD‑impacted units to reach harvest targets.
Pennsylvania Game Commission staff reported ongoing chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance and a proposed set of antlerless deer license allocations intended to reduce deer populations in CWD‑affected areas.
At the April 11 meeting, staff said the commission had collected more than 12,600 CWD samples statewide to date; the lab had returned that most samples (over 12,000) were not detected, while 487 were positive. The staff presentation noted the majority of positive detections remain concentrated in the South‑Central disease‑management area but that new detections prompted several Disease Management Area (DMA) boundary adjustments and the addition of new DMAs in Luzerne‑Carbon and Wayne counties based on captive facility and harvest detections.
“Over 12,000 were not detected for CWD and 487 were positive,” the wildlife health presenter said. Staff…
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