What is going happen to the deer herd in the areas where CWD has been found in Nebraska?
NGPC has developed a CWD management plan in cooperation with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Environmental Quality. Elements of the plan include the following: Areas found to have CWD will be sampled by NGPC to estimate the spread of CWD in that area. Culling and hunting seasons will be implemented to reduce deer herds in CWD areas on a case-by-case basis. Deer harvested in these areas in subsequent years will be tested for CWD. Once an area is determined to be CWD free for a minimum of 5 years, the deer herds will be allowed to build back to pre-CWD levels. We hope to eliminate CWD or at least contain the spread of CWD until such time as we are able to eliminate it from our deer herd. • What are you doing with the elk herd? We will continue to test hunter killed elk for CWD. No wild elk in Nebraska have tested positive for CWD. • You are killing all the deer in my area and eliminating my ability to hunt deer or leas
