Featured CWD regulations adopted for 2018-19 hunting season
The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, adopted regulations for the revised Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone for the 2018-2019 hunting season during...
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Hogs and CWD threaten habitat
Wild hogs and chronic wasting disease within deer are currently the two largest threats to Mississippi’s wildlife and outdoors. The wild hog problem has been...
Featured Department of Wildlife asks public to submit samples for CWD testing
by Alex Paton
In 2013, a non-permitted high-fenced enclosure was discovered by Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks law enforcement just southwest of Hattiesburg in Lamar County....
Featured Public continues to seek new information on CWD in Mississippi deer
Hundreds gathered at the Vicksburg Conference Center earlier this week for a public forum about the existence of Chronic Wasting Disease in Mississippi’s deer population....
Featured Collaboration key in Mississippi’s fight against Chronic Wasting Disease
Hundreds gathered at the Vicksburg Conference Center for a public forum about the existence of Chronic Wasting Disease in Mississippi’s deer population. While the disease...
Featured Results of Chronic Wasting Disease tests revealed
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks began Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) sampling efforts on February 23, 2018 in the 5-mile CWD Containment Zone. ...
Featured Wildlife discusses Chronic Wasting Disease
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks hosted an information session Thursday evening to answer the public’s questions about the disease. MDWFP personnel discussed...
Featured MDWFP discusses Chronic Wasting Disease
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks hosted an information session Thursday evening to answer the public’s questions about the disease. MDWFP personnel discussed...
MDWFP asking for hunters’ help in tracking chronic deer wasting disease
by Jared Bounds
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disease affecting deer, elk and moose. It causes the brain to degenerate into a spongy mass, resulting...