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TWRA committee previews changes to chronic wasting disease rule; recommends rule draft to full commission
Summary
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s wildlife committee reviewed a draft amendment that would add a statewide deer-carcass disposal requirement, ban feeding in CWD-positive counties with limited exceptions, and shrink the CWD management zone by removing two counties with single detections; the committee voted to send the draft preview to the full commission for rulemaking in March.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s wildlife committee on Thursday reviewed proposed amendments to the agency’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) management rule (referred to in the transcript as Rule 16 60 0 1 - 34), including a statewide carcass-disposal requirement and a prohibition on feeding in counties where CWD is detected. After discussion and questions from commissioners and staff, the committee voted to recommend previewing the draft rule to the full commission ahead of a formal rulemaking hearing scheduled for March.
Joe Benedict, the agency’s chief of wildlife and forestry, told commissioners the agency is proposing three principal changes: 1) a statewide disposal requirement for cervid carcasses and parts so that non-kept parts be placed in the normal household waste stream or left at the harvest property, 2) a prohibition on feeding (not just baiting) in CWD-positive counties with limited exceptions (feed within 100 feet of a residence, methods that reasonably exclude deer, certain wild-hog management baiting authorized by…
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