No CWD Detected in North Carolina Deer Herd
RALEIGH, N.C. – No evidence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected in the state’s wild white-tailed deer herd, according to biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
As part of their annual CWD surveillance effort during the 2020-21 sampling season, wildlife biologists collected 1,042 deer tissue samples across the state from hunters, meat processors, taxidermists, road-kills and sick deer. The samples were sent to the Wisconsin Veterinarian Diagnostic Lab, a USDA approved laboratory for testing.
“Our sampling size was lower than the previous two years, likely due to COVID-19,” stated Jon Shaw, wildlife biologist with the Wildlife Commission. “However, the results are good news for North Carolina hunters, wildlife enthusiasts and conservationists. CWD is the single biggest concern for deer herds and deer hunting in North America. CWD surveillance indicates our state is doing a great job managing limiti
RALEIGH â The N.C Wildlife Resources Commission is already seeing a spike in black bear reports this spring. This comes as no surprise since the stateâs residential footprint has grown and people are moving closer into bear habitat and creating opportunities for bears to approach their property, specifically by leaving out food sources.
Colleen Olfenbuttel, the Wildlife Commissionâs black bear and furbearer biologist, offers some advice about how we can co-exist with black bears. She points to BearWise, an educational program the Commission employs developed by bear biologists from each of the 15 state wildlife agencies that make us the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA).
It wasn t long before he stumbled onto the spectacular National Wild and Scenic Wilson Creek Gorge. It was just phenomenal. The scenery is beautiful, the rock formations, the river, it was unbelievable, said Smith, of Morganton, in a statement. I’ve lived all over the world, I’ve fished all over the world, and I moved here specifically for the fishing. It’s a very unique place, and it’s right in my backyard.”
Now more of that eye-popping, free-flowing and ecologically important river gorge will be forever protected with a 322-acre land donation to the Morganton-based land trust Foothills Conservancy, a gift for the ecosystem, anglers, kayakers, rare aquatic species and the forest, fittingly on Earth Day.
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The N.C Wildlife Resources Commission is already seeing a spike in black bear reports this spring.
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This comes as no surprise since the state’s residential footprint has grown and people are moving closer into bear habitat and creating opportunities for bears to approach their property, specifically by leaving out food sources.
Colleen Olfenbuttel, the Wildlife Commission’s black bear and furbearer biologist, offers some advice about how we can co-exist with black bears. She points to BearWise, an educational program the Commission employs developed by bear biologists from each of the 15 state wildlife agencies that make up the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.