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Mississippi CWD Update
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05/25/18 12:44 PM
05/25/18 12:44 PM
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Chuck_in_IT
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Just copied this from an email sent from ADCNR: "In wildlife news, a significant threat to Alabama’s deer hunting tradition occurred last season when a 4½-year-old buck in west-central Mississippi tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), which is always fatal. Mississippi has tested more than 1,400 deer since October 2017 and no other animals have been detected with CWD. Louisiana has also conducted extensive testing inside the 25-mile CWD containment zone, which crosses the Mississippi River, and none of those animals have tested positive for CWD. Since that positive test, Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) officials have been working rapidly to update the plan to deal with CWD if necessary. “I’m happy to report we have finished the revision to our surveillance and response plan for chronic wasting disease as to what we would do and how we would respond if CWD were ever discovered here,” Blankenship said. “There was a lot of great work by Keith (Gauldin, Wildlife Section Chief), other people in the Wildlife Section, along with people in our Enforcement Section. Our staff has also researched what was happening around the country to help us put a plan together to take the best and most relevant science to ensure our state is ready, one, to keep it out of our state, and two, that we are ready to respond in the unfortunate case that CWD is detected in Alabama.” The updated response plan is available online at www.outdooralabama.com. Type chronic in the search box to pull up the link to “Chronic Wasting Disease – What You Should Know.” Agriculture and Industries Commissioner John McMillan, who sits as an ex-officio member on the Advisory Board, said the CWD testing equipment that was recently purchased with funds provided by WFF has been certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The technician tasked with operating the equipment, which can test up to 90 samples per day, has also been certified. “Now we are no longer dependent on anybody to get those tissue samples tested,” Blankenship said. “We are self-contained in Alabama. We don’t have to wait on anybody. We take our samples to the Department of Agriculture lab at Auburn University. We will get those test results quickly and be able to respond as soon as possible. I appreciate the partnership with the Department of Agriculture as well as the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to make sure we have a robust response plan.” WFF Director Chuck Sykes highlighted the potential devastating effects CWD could have on Alabama. Sykes has been traveling around the state to speak at seminars hosted by ALFA (Alabama Farmer’s Federation) and the Alabama Treasure Forest Association. The next seminar is scheduled for Monroeville on May 29 and another is set for Tuscaloosa on June 7. “We’re not trying to scare people to death,” Sykes said. “We want them to be informed that this is a serious issue. I don’t want to pour water on anybody’s issues here, but dog hunting, baiting, night hunting, poaching, all of that pales in comparison to problems we’re going to have if CWD ever gets in the state. As Commissioner McMillan says, we all need to band together. This is not a dog hunter issue or a private landowner issue. This is a hunter issue. I encourage your friends, families and hunting partners to come to one of the seminars and listen and ask questions. “Misinformation is running rampant out there right now. We need to get the right information out there.” " Looks like the scare is over for now. Lets hope and pray it doesn't affect Alabama!
Remember, wherever you go that's where you are.
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: Chuck_in_IT]
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05/25/18 12:51 PM
05/25/18 12:51 PM
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Clem
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Looks like the scare is over for now. Lets hope and pray it doesn't affect Alabama!
No, it's not over. This is a constant concern. CWD will be here eventually if it's not already. Also, this is interesting: WFF Director Chuck Sykes highlighted the potential devastating effects CWD could have on Alabama. Sykes has been traveling around the state to speak at seminars hosted by ALFA (Alabama Farmer’s Federation) and the Alabama Treasure Forest Association. The next seminar is scheduled for Monroeville on May 29 and another is set for Tuscaloosa on June 7.Anyone know about these meetings? If he's been "traveling around the state" that indicates some already have been held. When? Where? Who with? Seems like if you're going to address the public to try to provide information and allay concerns about a major threat to the biggest financial wildlife driver in the state (and nation), it wouldn't be to a select few people. Glad to see they bought some new equipment. That's a positive step for testing and constant monitoring
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: Clem]
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05/25/18 12:56 PM
05/25/18 12:56 PM
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therealhojo
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Looks like the scare is over for now. Lets hope and pray it doesn't affect Alabama!
No, it's not over. This is a constant concern. CWD will be here eventually if it's not already. Also, this is interesting: WFF Director Chuck Sykes highlighted the potential devastating effects CWD could have on Alabama. Sykes has been traveling around the state to speak at seminars hosted by ALFA (Alabama Farmer’s Federation) and the Alabama Treasure Forest Association. The next seminar is scheduled for Monroeville on May 29 and another is set for Tuscaloosa on June 7.Anyone know about these meetings? If he's been "traveling around the state" that indicates some already have been held. When? Where? Who with? Seems like if you're going to address the public to try to provide information and allay concerns about a major threat to the biggest financial wildlife driver in the state (and nation), it wouldn't be to a select few people. Glad to see they bought some new equipment. That's a positive step for testing and constant monitoring I’ve seen a schedule on FB.
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: Chuck_in_IT]
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05/25/18 12:58 PM
05/25/18 12:58 PM
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Freak of Nature
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It's here. Maybe not at my place but definantlly in AL
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: Chuck_in_IT]
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05/25/18 01:11 PM
05/25/18 01:11 PM
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Clem
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I believe so, too, top cat. Only a matter of time until it's discovered.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: Clem]
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05/25/18 01:34 PM
05/25/18 01:34 PM
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Anyone know about these meetings? If he's been "traveling around the state" that indicates some already have been held. When? Where? Who with?
I didn't until i received an email yesterday from DCNR. Schedule was/is: 05/15 Oxford 05/17 Millbrook 05/22 Decatur 05/24 Clayton 05/29 Monroeville 06/07 Tuscaloosa
Last edited by jhardy; 05/25/18 01:34 PM.
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: Chuck_in_IT]
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05/25/18 01:40 PM
05/25/18 01:40 PM
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Clem
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Oh. Six statewide, four already held. Nice.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: Clem]
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05/25/18 04:39 PM
05/25/18 04:39 PM
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2Dogs
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Oh. Six statewide, four already held. Nice.
Mmm Hmmm.
"Why do you ask"?
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: 2Dogs]
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05/25/18 05:38 PM
05/25/18 05:38 PM
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BhamFred
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Oh. Six statewide, four already held. Nice.
Mmm Hmmm. stop that.....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Re: Mississippi CWD Update
[Re: BhamFred]
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05/25/18 09:56 PM
05/25/18 09:56 PM
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therealhojo
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Oh. Six statewide, four already held. Nice.
Mmm Hmmm. stop that..... How many of y'all went to the last CAB meeting? Most everyone knew when that was.
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