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North Dakota Outdoors: Chronic Wasting Disease

Two biggest concerns for the future of North Dakota outdoors were really not even on the radar in North Dakota less than 20 years ago. While we’ve known about chronic wasting disease or CWD and zebra mussels, it wasn't until the last 10 years they were documented in North Dakota.

CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause long-term population declines if left unchecked. Since 200...