Game Commission Seeks Input on CWD Response Plan

The Pennsylvania Game Commission on Sept. 12 released a draft of its new Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan, a document that, when adopted, will guide the agency’s management of CWD, which always is fatal to the deer and elk it infects.

The plan is in draft form and available to view at www.pgc.pa.gov.

Public comments on the plan will be accepted through Feb. 29, 2020, and will be considered in the adoption of a final plan, to be implemented for the 2020-21 hunting seasons.

The draft CWD Response Plan outlines goals and objectives in managing CWD, as well as actions that could be imple...