One advantage of having deer check-in stations in counties with chronic wasting disease is the ability for Illinois Department of Natural Resources staff to answer questions of natural curiosity, such as Joey Patyk watching fisheries biologist Rob Miller work on a buck at the LaSalle County check station in 2015.
Credit: Dale Bowman
BONFIELD, Ill. — ‘‘Environmental contamination’’ struck me most at the chronic wasting disease meeting Tuesday at the Illinois State Rifle Association Shooting Range.
That, and how few people showed up. Considering the complaining and rumor-mongering I’ve read and listened to since CWD was found in Illinois, you would think hundreds would show up instead of a dozen.
CWD, an always-fatal neurological disease, first was documented in whitetail deer in Illinois in 2002 near Roscoe. In the 15 years since, it…
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