New CWD management area set after deer test positive near Libby

From Fish, Wildlife and Parks

KALISPELL — Two additional white-tailed deer in the Libby area are suspected to be positive of chronic wasting disease, leading to the creation of a new CWD management zone, along with zones in the southern part of the state and along most of Montana’s Hi-Line.

See related story on today’s Hunting Page, Page B4.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks collected samples from the white-tailed bucks as part of a game damage hunt on private property on the west side of Libby near the Kootenai River.

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