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• FWC seeks meat processors and taxidermists to join fight against CWD

  Monday, June 10, 2024 -  The FWC is seeking meat processors and taxidermists from select counties to help test for chronic wasting disease.

• FWC issues executive order with new CWD regulations for 2024-25 deer season

  Wednesday, April 17, 2024 -  The FWC issued a new executive order outlining regulations designed to increase sampling and slow the spread of chronic wasting disease in Florida deer.

• FWC and FDACS to conduct public meeting about chronic wasting disease

  Wednesday, April 3, 2024 -  This meeting will provide information about CWD, updates on the unified agency and partner response, new hunting regulations for the area, and sampling and testing procedures.

• CWD response efforts, increased sampling, hunter support strong during first weeks of hunting season

  Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -  Nearly 400 samples from the Enhanced Surveillance Zone have been tested since the initial detection of a CWD-positive female deer found in Holmes County in June 2023. So far, CWD has not been detected in any of the additional samples.

• Zone D’s deer season begins tomorrow, Oct. 21

  Friday, October 20, 2023 -  Zone D's deer season starts tomorrow, Oct. 21, with new CWD hunting regulations in place.

• FWC, FDACS hold two additional CWD public meetings prior to hunting season in affected zone

  Thursday, October 19, 2023 -  The meetings provided information about new hunting regulations for the area, sampling and testing procedures, chronic wasting disease, and an opportunity for area residents to ask questions about CWD and CWD management strategies.

• FWC, FDACS and partner agencies to conduct public meeting to discuss new regulations to slow spread of chronic wasting disease in north Florida

  Monday, October 9, 2023 -  This meeting, the second of two public meetings held this fall by the FWC and FDACS, will provide information about chronic wasting disease, updates on the unified agency and partner response, new hunting regulations3 for the area, sampling and testing procedures, and an opportunity for area residents to ask questions about CWD and CWD management strategies.

• FWC, FDACS and partner agencies to conduct public meeting to discuss chronic wasting disease in north Florida

  Wednesday, June 28, 2023 -  The meeting will provide information about chronic wasting disease and an opportunity for area residents to ask questions about CWD and CWD management strategies.