LWFC approves DE and NOI to expand CWD control area beginning May 1

By, Trey Iles The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) approved a Declaration of Emergency (DE) and Notice of Intent (NOI) to expand the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Control Area in northeast central Louisiana beginning May 1. The action came during the commission’s April 3 meeting in response to a confirmed positive case of CWD identified in a wild hunter harvested deer Cataho...