PS Altoona Professor to Discuss CWD

Carolyn Mahan, Penn State Altoona professor of biology and member of the Governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing, and Conservation will offer the talk “Chronic Wasting Disease in Pennsylvania: occurrence, prevalence, and deer management implications” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in 117 Science Building.

Mahan will explain what causes chronic wasting disease (CWD), its effects on white-tailed deer, its implications to hunters, and what the Commonwealth is doing to solve the problem in a way that benefits both the state and hunters.

The talk is free and open to the public.<...