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Iowa DNR to discuss chronic wasting disease at Oct. 8 public meeting

• 9/21/2018 6:53:00 PM
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CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting a public meeting to discuss the upcoming deer hunting season and new monitoring efforts for chronic wasting disease (CWD) on Oct. 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Correctionville Community Center, 312 Driftwood Street, in Correctionville.

Public meeting on fatal deer disease set for March 15 in Corydon

• 3/6/2018 11:52:00 AM
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CORYDON, Iowa - Deer hunters who hunt in Wayne County take note– chronic wasting disease (CWD) has shown up in your area.

Fatal deer disease confirmed in Wayne County – first case in wild deer outside northeast Iowa

• 2/8/2018 9:33:00 AM
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A hunter-harvested adult doe taken in southeast Wayne County during the first shotgun deer season has tested positive for the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD). This is the first hunter-harvested wild deer outside of northeast Iowa to test positive for the always fatal disease. 

Effort underway to sample for fatal deer disease in Allamakee, Clayton counties

• 1/23/2018 12:51:00 PM
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Deer hunters participating in the first weekend of the nine day scientific collection effort in the surveillance zones in Allamakee and Clayton counties provided 54 tissue samples to state officials that will be tested for the presence of chronic wasting disease.

DNR to discuss chronic wasting disease Jan. 18 in Harpers Ferry & Elkader, ahead of deer tissue collection effort

• 1/11/2018 10:39:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a special scientific collection effort Jan. 20-28, in targeted areas of Allamakee and Clayton counties near where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed in wild Iowa deer.

National test kit shortage delays chronic wasting disease results on Iowa deer tissue samples

• 12/13/2017 11:51:00 AM
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Test results on Iowa deer samples for the presence of chronic wasting disease will likely be delayed until after the holidays, due to a national shortage of available test kits.

DNR looking for deer tissue samples from specific areas as it monitors for chronic wasting disease

• 12/5/2017 12:20:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) continues to collect deer tissue samples from willing hunters as part of its effort to monitor for and track the presence of chronic wasting disease.

Iowa’s 2017 shotgun deer season preview

• 11/21/2017 11:39:00 AM
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The first of Iowa’s popular shotgun deer seasons is Dec. 2-6 when an expected 60,000 orange-clad hunters head to the timber. That group will be followed by another 60,000 hunters who prefer the Dec. 9-17 second shotgun season.

Iowa DNR to host chronic wasting disease meetings Oct. 11 in Harpers Ferry and Waukon and Oct. 17 in Elkader

• 10/3/2017 1:33:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has scheduled three meetings in northeast Iowa to discuss the results from the special scientific deer collection effort conducted during late January and February around Harpers Ferry and in the northern portion of Allamakee County. The collection effort was an important part of the Iowa DNR’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) monitoring.

Iowa DNR to host chronic wasting disease meetings Oct. 9 and 10 in western Iowa

• 9/26/2017 11:57:00 AM
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Deer hunters in western Iowa take note – chronic wasting disease (CWD) has shown up on your doorstep.  Five deer harvested in southeast Nebraska in 2016 have tested positive for CWD.

Iowa DNR to discuss chronic wasting disease September 25 and 26 in Monona and Harrison counties

• 9/19/2017 2:32:00 PM
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Deer hunters in western Iowa take note – chronic wasting disease (CWD) has shown up on your doorstep. Five deer harvested in southeast Nebraska in 2016 have tested positive for CWD.

12 Iowa deer test positive for chronic wasting disease from 2016-17 hunting seasons

• 3/14/2017 11:44:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has closed the book on its 2016 chronic wasting disease monitoring effort that collected 4,879 tissue samples from wild deer with 12 samples testing positive for the disease. Test results are pending on deer from a handful of counties and on 86 deer tissue samples from the Clayton County special deer collection effort that ended on March 5.

Full house on hand for meeting on chronic wasting disease

• 2/16/2017 9:20:00 AM
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Elkader, Iowa - Johnson’s Reception Hall in Elkader hosted a standing room only crowd of hunters, landowners and area residents on Monday night who were there to learn about chronic wasting disease and then gave their thoughts on how they wanted to address it.

Clayton County deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease

• 2/1/2017 8:25:00 AM
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A wild deer taken during the 2016 deer hunting season northwest of Elkader has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), which is the first CWD positive wild deer confirmed outside of Allamakee County.

Volunteers step forward to help DNR to collect additional deer samples near Harpers Ferry to look for chronic wasting disease

• 1/25/2017 2:22:00 PM
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Nine samples from hunter-harvested deer from near Harpers Ferry during the 2016 hunting seasons have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, bringing the total of CWD positive deer from the area to 15.

DNR to continue surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease

• 11/22/2016 1:55:00 PM
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The Iowa DNR’s wildlife staff will be collecting tissue samples during Iowa’s shotgun deer seasons to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Iowa’s wild deer herd. 

Two Wild Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in Allamakee County

• 2/4/2016 10:26:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Two wild deer harvested in Allamakee County during the recent hunting season have been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), marking the third year in a row the disease has been confirmed in a wild Iowa deer, all in Allamakee County.

DNR To Continue Surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease

• 11/17/2015 10:13:00 AM
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The Iowa DNR’s wildlife staff will be collecting tissue samples during Iowa’s shotgun deer seasons to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Iowa’s wild deer herd.

Tips and Tricks for Avoiding and Removing Ticks

• 7/9/2015 11:19:00 AM
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Not everybody likes bugs and spiders, but even fewer people like a parasite. But don’t let these little critters keep you from enjoying the outdoors this summer. With some preventative actions, you can help keep ticks at bay.

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