HOME WHO IS HUNTING FOR TOMORROW BECOME INVOLVED CALENDAR OF EVENTS WHAT'S NEW Hunter Poetry Hunters Who Care Press Releases Suggested Reading Tips and Recipes SPECIAL INFO: Métis Harvest Agreement NEW: CWD Page EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OUTDOOR BOUND PROVINCIAL HUNTING DAY ACCESS FOR HUNTING FACT SHEETS NEWSLETTERS ARTICLES & ISSUES REPORTS PHOTOS HUNTING STORIES FUNDING ASSISTANCE LINKS	The Chronic Wasting Disease Information Page has been added as a HFTF Special Webpage to help keep those interested better informed of current and past documentation on the subject. Alberta’s largest conservation group, the Alberta Fish & Game Association (AFGA), is reminding deer  hunters to help in reducing the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild deer in the province.   Attached is the link to the Alberta Fish and Wildlife web-site regarding Chronic Wasting Disease and it's impact in Alberta.  http://www.srd.gov.ab.ca   ______________________________________________________________________________________________   CWD UPDATE October 2011 CWD season is upon us yet again.  There are NO primary changes for 2011 and the procedures remain as they were in 2010: General fall programs We are delivering the surveillance of fall hunter-killed deer much the same as in the past. Surveillance is focused on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border; however, hunter-killed deer (and elk) will be accepted from anywhere in the province (as in previous years). Although CWD continues to expand its distribution, we have retained the same mandatory zone for deer head submission as in 2010.  The attached CWD fall communications products outline the program and the designated areas of mandatory submission. Hunters should check the 2011 big game guide closely for changes to hunting opportunities within the CWD risk area. Also, there are 41 locations with 24-hr freezers (map attached). Note that the map used in the 2011 Guide to Hunting Regulations is the 2010 map [before details for 2011 were available) and contains a few discrepancies from the 2011 freezer locations. The "freezer location handout 2011" file below has all the correct information.         FYI, our CWD fall staff start in late Oct and the freezer deployment will be done in the last week of October as the freezer component of the program is designed to support the primary rifle seasons.    In addition, updated information will soon be posted to the F&W disease web pages. Note there is a special section that draws together all the information for hunters.  Additional CWD basic information and current status of CWD in Alberta also is provided at the site.   http://srd.alberta.ca/FishWildlife/WildlifeDiseases/ChronicWastingDisease/    We also have the CWD hunter page linked in from MyWildAlberta http://www.mywildalberta.com/    Results:  Negative CWD test results are conveyed to hunters in their AlbertaRelm message accounts.   Only hunters that do not have AlbertaRelm accounts set up will receive hard copy letters by mail.  Results are finalized generally within 4-6 weeks.  When new results are available, a notification message will appear when the hunter logs into AlbertaRelm. A blank screen means that no results for that animal have been received yet. Hunters will only be able to see results submitted under their own WIN number. Hunters who submit a head that tests positive for CWD receive a phone call from Fish and Wildlife.    As always, thanks for your efforts and diligence in supporting the CWD programs.  M.J. Pybus PhD Provincial Wildlife Disease Specialist Fish and Wildlife Division 780-427-3462 (off), 780-422-9685 (fx)   CWD POSTER PDF File 2.2MB   CWD SURVEILLANCE PDF File 970KB   CWD FREEZER LOCATIONS PDF File 140KB   ______________________________________________________________________________________________   CWD LINKS TO MARCH 2011 INFO Update: Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Update – March 23, 2011 Map: Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Deer in Alberta (2005 - 2010) – March 23, 2011 Statistics: Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Deer in Alberta (2005 – 2010) – March 23, 2011     ______________________________________________________________________________________________       CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD) Surveillance Update March 23, 2011   All heads of deer and elk received to date from the fall hunting seasons have been tested, although a few heads continue to dribble into the lab. Herein we provide the summary of the 2010 fall surveillance. However, the ongoing CWD Surveillance Program will continue to test heads whenever they are received throughout the year.   From September 1, 2010 to March 23, 2011 we tested 5062 heads (primarily deer heads) and detected nineteen (0.4%) new cases of CWD in wild deer in Alberta.  Seventeen of the positive deer were mule deer: twelve males, five females The two remaining positive deer were white-tail males All positive deer were harvested by hunters and were in very good to excellent body condition. All but one positive deer were adults.  The remaining positive deer was a yearling in the early stages of infection. Many of the infected deer were near previous known CWD cases, largely in the Battle River and Ribstone Creek drainages in the north and the Red Deer River drainage in the south. A cluster of infected deer was found north and west of Dinosaur Provincial Park in WMU 152 – a significant extension of the disease westward along the Red Deer River. Of particular significance, the positive yearling mule deer buck was the first case of CWD found in the North Saskatchewan River valley in Alberta. This is strong evidence of recent expansion of the disease into or within the valley. As anticipated, additional infected deer were found in CFB Wainwright in association with the Battle River valley. The 19 new hunter-kill cases are in addition to the road-kill case found in February 2010, thus the annual total for 2010 is 20 cases. Ongoing NEGATIVE test results were posted to AlbertaRelm and made available to individual hunters. To date, approximately 50% of the test results have been read by the hunter.   Ongoing POSITIVE test results were provided by phone directly to the hunter who harvested the infected deer. As in previous years, hunters who harvest a CWD-infected deer were given the options of   keeping the meat   turning in the meat and receiving a replacement licence for this year (if the season was still open where the infected deer was harvested)   turning in the meat and receiving a replacement licence for next year for the same species and location as the infected deer The total number of CWD cases detected in wild deer in Alberta since September 2005 is 94. As part of the ongoing provincial surveillance program, we also are testing a random sample of emaciated cervids associated with severe winter conditions occurring in various parts of Alberta   To learn more about CWD Surveillance in Alberta, see: CWD Surveillance & Response http://www.srduat.gov.ab.ca/BioDiversityStewardship/WildlifeDiseases/ChronicWastingDisease/CWDSurveillanceResponse/Default.aspx   For past CWD surveillance results and a general timeline of CWD in Alberta, see: ·        CWD History in Alberta http://www.srduat.gov.ab.ca/BioDiversityStewardship/WildlifeDiseases/ChronicWastingDisease/CWDUpdates/CWDHistoryinAlberta.aspx _______________________________________________________________________________________________   Attention Hunters!   If you have frozen deer heads that you would like to submit to the ongoing CWD surveillance program, please drop them off at any Fish and Wildlife office during regular office hours. For more details, see:   ·         Chronic Wasting Disease – Information for Hunters http://srd.alberta.ca/FishingHuntingTrapping/Hunting/ChronicWastingDisease-InformationForHunters.aspx      _______________________________________________________________________________________________   CWD LINKS TO MARCH 2011 INFO Update: Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Update – March 23, 2011 Map: Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Deer in Alberta (2005 - 2010) – March 23, 2011 Statistics: Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Deer in Alberta (2005 – 2010) – March 23, 2011           ______________________________________________________________________________________________   CWD UPDATE January 25, 2011 http://srd.alberta.ca/BioDiversityStewardship/WildlifeDiseases/ChronicWastingDisease/CWDUpdates/Default.aspx   In particular we draw your attention to the section on Hunter Participation.  Obviously, the more samples collected through the hunting season, the less likelihood of a post season cull being required.  Your involvement is very important. http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/CWD_backgrounder_REVISED1.pdf   ______________________________________________________________________________________________   ALBERTA'S CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE RESPONSE PROGRAM  March, 2007 PDF: 388 KB   ______________________________________________________________________________________________   FISH & WILDLIFE CWD INFORMATION FROM SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TO STAKEHOLDERS October 2, 2007 Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance and Deer Hunting Opportunities for 2007  You are encouraged to share the attached information with your members and associates. Copies of this and further information outlining the efforts of Sustainable Resource Development's Fish and Wildlife Division to control CWD are also available on the website www.srd.alberta.ca/fishwildlife/livingwith/diseases/.  Extensive information about how hunters can help control CWD is covered in the Alberta Guide to Hunting Regulations 2007, pages 27, 65-66 and inside front cover as well.  Hunters are reminded to submit deer heads from Wildlife Management Units along the Alberta/Saskatchewan border from Cold Lake to Medicine Hat. Units immediately adjacent the border require mandatory submission of heads, while WMUs immediately west of those on the border are voluntary submission areas.  Freezers (available 24-hours) for dropping off heads are present throughout these WMUs, plus in Edmonton and Calgary. Maps of freezer locations are posted widely   and also are included on our disease web pages.    Hunting opportunities are increased through quota licences in WMUs 234 (at Chauvin/Edgerton), and portions of 150 and 151 (next to Empress). These quota licences are available through the under-subscribed licence system or as landowner licences for local residents.  Hunters will be notified of CWD test results within 6 weeks of submission of deer heads. Other Important CWD Documents:   WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ... ADDED DEER HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2007 CWD CONTROL AREAS PDF File: 820 KB CWD DRAW LETTER PDF File: 108 KB CWD FREEZER MAP PDF File: 650 KB CWD HUNTER POSTER PDF File: 275 KB   ______________________________________________________________________________________________   ASRD NEWS RELEASE March 6, 2007 Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division will be conducting response programs as part of the ongoing efforts to control chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wildlife management units (WMUs) 150, 151 and 234 during March 2007. There will be opportunities for the public to assist Fish and Wildlife staff in various activities. There are two different types of public opportunities: volunteers and non-volunteers.  The following material outlines these opportunities. Volunteer involvement must be restricted to activities with low risks to personal safety in order to ensure SRD Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) and Risk Management obligations and requirements are fulfilled. We would appreciate it if you could pass this along to contacts that you have who may be interested. Individuals wishing to participate can fax in the appropriate application in the attached document to 780-422-9557. Participants will be contacted as opportunities are identified by the public assistance program coordinator. The Fish and Wildlife Division sincerely appreciates the assistance of the public in this important wildlife management program. CWD PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PDF File 276 KB   ______________________________________________________________________________________________   CWD ARTICLES: OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR ALBERTA HUNTERS IN 2007 GUIDE July 16, 2007 PDF File: 121 KB ALBERTA TAKES ACTION  ON CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN WILD DEER February 22, 2007 CWD DILLBERRY MAP  PDF File 89 KB CWD IN WILD DEER SINCE SEPTEMBER 2005  PDF File 345 KB CWD UPDATE: January 8, 2007 PDF File: 176 KB THREE MORE CASES OF CWD FOUND IN WILD DEER December 21, 2006 PDF File: 85 KB CWD UPDATE FROM ASRD September 21, 2006 PDF File: 121 KB ALBERTA HUNTERS ASKED TO ASSIST WITH CWD CONTROL EFFORTS November 6, 2006 PDF File: 103 KB CWD 2006 INFO September 15, 2006 PDF File: 367 KB HUNTER ASSISTANCE REQUIRED IN CWD AREAS (Poster) September 8, 2006 PDF File: 1.05 MB CWD WRAP UP WINTER 2006 April 18, 2006 PDF File: 53 KB WINTER TESTS FIND ONE MORE CASE OF CWD ALBERTA IN WILD DEER IN ALBERTA PDF File 200 KB: March 3, 2006 FOUR MORE CASES OF CWD FOUND IN WILD DEER IN ALBERTA Alberta Taking Aggressive Approach to Prevent the Fuirther Spread of CWD in Wild Deer PDF File 191 KB: February 17, 2006 FEATURE STORY: Chronic Wasting Disease -- Alberta/Saskatchewan 2006 Border Program February 3, 2006 http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/whatsnew/features/060119.html FACT SHEET ON 2006 CWD BORDER PROGRAM February 3, 2006 http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/pdf/AB_Sask_2006_border_program_factsheet.pdf UPDATE FOR CWD PAGE February 3, 2006 http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/index.html FIRST CASE OF CWD FOUND IN WILD FOUND IN WILD DEER KILLED BY HUNTER IN ALBERTA PDF 50 KB: December 9, 2005 NO CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE FOUND IN LATEST CULLED DEER PDF 117 KB: November 4, 2005 AFGA & CWD PRESS RELEASE PDF 89 KB: October 12, 2005 CWD SURVEILLANCE 2005 BROCHURE PDF 252 KB  October 7, 2005 CWD  FOUND IN TWO MORE WILD DEER IN ALBERTA  PDF File 79 KB: October 3, 2005 CWD FOUND IN WILD DEER IN ALBERTA PDF File 131 KB: September 2, 2005 CWD: WILDLIFE OFFICERS KILL 486 DEER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD April 6, 2005 PDF: 48 KB AFGA QUESTIONS DEER CULL March 14, 2005 PDF: 138KB ALBERTA PLANS HUGE DEER CULL Edmonton Sun: February 25, 2005 PDF: 135KB DEER CULL AIMS TO SLOW SPREAD OF WASTING DISEASE Saskatchewan Wild Deer Herds Already Infected Edmonton Journal: February 25, 2005 PDF: 74 KB SUPPORT FROM HUNTERS REQUESTED FOR ANNUAL DEER/ELK DISEASE SURVEY October 14, 2004 PDF File: 80 KB BACKGROUNDER: SUPPORT FROM HUNTERS REQUESTED FOR ANNUAL DEER/ELK DISEASE SURVEY October 14, 2004 PDF File: 81 KB CWD ALLIANCE RELEASES INSTRUCTIONAL DVD September 21, 2004 PDF File: 80 KB Chronic Wasting Disease: An Alberta Perspective in the fall of 2002 MJ Pybus PhD, Wildlife Disease Specialist Fish and Wildlife Division, Edmonton Survey Information for 2003 Wild Deer & Elk CWD Brochure PDF File: 767KB CWD Surveillance Monitoring Program PDF File: 531 KB  Hunter Handout PDF File: 1.86 MB Fact About CWD Let's Go Hunting (Part I)  PDF File: 396 KB Let's Go Hunting (Part II) PDF File: 381KB Website Information www.cwd-info.org or  http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/index.html   CWD ARTICLES FROM ASRD: Chronic Wasting Disease--background brochure on nature of disease, surveillance and action Attention Deer Hunters poster Map handout Deer hunting opportunities in southeast Alberta Alberta’s chronic wasting disease management programs in 2006 and upcoming surveillance Prizes go to hunters who submitted deer heads Background report---CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE- 2003 COLLECTION PROGRAM FINAL REPORT Alberta hunters asked to assist with CWD control efforts September 15, 2006 Winter efforts to control CWD in wild deer in Alberta wrap up Winter tests find one more case Four more cases of CWD found in wild deer in Alberta First hunter-killed deer recorded with CWD No CWD found in latest cull Related wild cases First wild case First case of CWD in a wild deer killed by hunter in Alberta (December 9, 2005) http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200512/191861191E601-D15D-DB6A-FEB16D6C0EF136A7.html No chronic wasting disease found in latest cull. Nov 10. http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200511/190235C2532C9-93C6-1F00-0E1A782D8E891BE9.html Updated Chronic Wildlife Disease page and brochures, Nov 10 http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/index.html Chronic Wasting Disease brochure -- background, nature of disease, surveillance, action. Nov 10 http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/CWD_Brochure.pdf Updated map brochure. Nov 10 http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/map_brochure_2005.pdf Updated map handout. Nov 10 http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/Hunter_area_map.pdf Chronic wasting disease found in two more wild deer in Alberta, October 3. http://www2.gov.ab.ca/acn/200510/18840C10A54A7-951A-46E4-82DEF28FAAF1FC5E.html Chronic wasting disease found in a wild deer in Alberta, September 2. http://www2.gov.ab.ca/acn/200509/18691EC475BC0-3BF2-4E88-9AB05F1848BB9189.html Hunting News: Chronic wasting disease found in wild deer in Alberta Wabamun Lake waterfowl advisory http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/hunting/huntnews.html Updates on Chronic Wasting Disease website (News Releases, Maps, Surveillance program) http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/index.html Provincial Map http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/Provincial_view.pdf Large scale map http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseased/CWD/pdf/Oyen_Surveillance_Area_2005_December_basic.pdf CWD Surveillance program in Alberta http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/CWDsurveillance.html Including: map brochure http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/map_brochure_2005.pdf poster for hunters http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/CWD_Heads_elk_Deer.pdf provincial map http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/Provincial.pdf General positive location map http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/diseases/CWD/pdf/General_positive_locations.pdf   Deer hunters in the south Saskatchewan River and Red Deer River systems are asked to turn their deer heads in to provincial wildlife officers.   In  WMUS   151 and 234 head collection freezers are located in the following communities:                 151       Empress           Jenner               Hilda                 Oyen                Medicine Hat                   234       Provost             Chauvin             Wainwright        Lloydminster   Give this the widest distribution possible including the general public. Help STOP the spread of CWD!
	In addition to the press releases and reports listed above, an excellent source of information is available at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources listed here: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/whealth/issues/CWD/     Your participation in this coalition maximizes our collective efforts. Contact us to find out how you may become involved.
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