CWD restricted zone expanded to all of Liberty County

After another deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Liberty County, this time in the southern part of the county, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has designated all of Liberty County a CWD-positive area.

Hunters who harvest deer, elk or moose within the county cannot move brain or spinal column tissue outside the Transport Restriction Zone which now includes Liberty, Hill and Toole counties. People are not required to have harvested animals tested for CWD, but FWP asks hunters who harvest animals from the priority surveillance area, which includes the Hi-Line from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to the North Dakota Border.

FWP Region 6 Information and Education Manager Marc Kloker said knowing the location where the animal was harvested also is crucial. If people have information from a global positioning system or other device, that would be ideal, but they are asked to at least locate the spot on a map.

To have a harvest tested, people are asked to bring the head and part of the upper neck to the testing location so a sample may be obtained.

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