County Deer Councils to Meet on CWD

County Deer Advisory Councils will hold special meetings in January for the specific purpose of discussing recommendations for responding to chronic wasting disease (CWD) statewide and on a local level.

The Door County council will meet from 7-9 pm on Jan. 10 at the Door County government building, 421 Nebraska St., Sturgeon Bay.

Each council will review information regarding CWD and discuss the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ 15-year Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan. This plan guides the department’s approach to addressing CWD in Wisconsin, and is currently under review by DNR, DATCP and the Conservation Congress along with a stakeholder-based CWD Response Plan review committee.

Each council will use current CWD data, preliminary recommendations from the review committee, and online public feedback to submit recommendations on action items in the plan. To help council members gather public feedback prior to the meetings, an online public input form survey is available on the CWD Response Plan review. Additional public comments will be accepted at each January CDAC meeting.

Final CWD response plan recommendations will be presented to the Natural Resources Board in March 2017.