Public Forums Announced to Address Chronic Wasting Disease

  • 15 September 2022
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Public Forums Announced to Address Chronic Wasting Disease
Public forums will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Staff will review special regulations in the CWD Surveillance Areas and answer questions.

RALEIGH, N.C. (September 15, 2022) – Officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission have scheduled three KNOW CWD Public Forums in September and October about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Wildlife Commission staff will address the special regulations implemented in the CWD Surveillance Areas established after CWD was detected in two Yadkin County deer earlier this year.

Alleghany, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties fall entirely or partially within the Surveillance Areas. Sportsmen and women who hunt in these areas are encouraged to attend the forums to learn about the special regulations.

Each public forum will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the following locations and will also stream live on the agency’s Facebook page. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and registration is not required. Wildlife Commission staff will present information about CWD, the special regulations, and will answer as many questions from attendees as possible.  Questions can also be submitted in advance via an online portal, which will remain open until Sept. 20 at 5 p.m.

The KNOW CWD Public Forum dates and locations are: 

The archery deer hunting season opened on Sept. 10, and blackpowder and gun seasons will open in the Surveillance Areas, along with the rest of the Northwestern Zone, in November. Statewide deer hunting season dates are available on the agency’s website.

CWD is a fatal, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by abnormal prions, that affects white-tailed deer and other cervids.  For more information about CWD, visit ncwildlife.org/CWD. Get to KNOW CWD and North Carolina’s response through this 6-minute video released by the Wildlife Commission.

Media Contact:

Mindy Wharton
919-410-2111

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NCWRC

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