A 30-day public comment period is now open for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s new five-year chronic wasting disease (CWD) strategic plan.
Hunters have an important role in helping manage CWD. The CWD Response and Management plan will serve as a guiding document for TWRA staff and ensure the best science is applied in efforts to control the disease.
The new plan includes five main overarching goals:
1. Prevent the introduction or spread of CWD to new areas.
2. Surveillance and monitoring to improve early detection of the disease and better track the number and location of cases.
3. Activate management and responses to minimize the impacts of CWD where the disease has been detected and proactively respond to any new cases.
4. More research to optimize all of TWRA’s CWD programs.
5. Outreach and Communications to ensure the public and our hunters have the information they need about CWD.
The complete plan can be found on the Public Notice section of the TWRA website. Comments may be submitted by mail to: Wildlife Public Comments, TWRA, Wildlife Division, 5107 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN 37211 or emailed to [email protected] . The comment period is open through Jan. 29, 2023.