CWD Confirmed in Wild Iowa Whitetail Posted by Hunting Network As reported by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a wild Iowa whitetail deer.

Iowa Losing Woodland Acreage Posted by Hunting Network Iowa's woodlands have shrunk by 40,000 acres, according to the latest Forest Inventory Analysis conducted by the USDA Forest Service, marking the first time since 1974 that Iowa has lost woodland acres.

Iowa DNR to Host Meeting on Chronic Wasting Disease Posted by Hunting Network BLOOMFIELD -The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is holding a meeting for landowners in Davis and Wapello counties to discuss chronic wasting disease and the DNR's plan to collect additional samples for testing during the upcoming deer-hunting season.

Iowa Preserve Where CWD Was Found Will 'De-Populate' Posted by Hunting Network Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has reached new destructive heights as it's outbreak on an Iowa hunting preserve is forcing the preserve to "de-populate" it's elk and deer.