Franklin, Madison and Tensas Parishes CWD Control Area Regulations for the 2022

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has adopted regulations for the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Control Area in northeast Louisiana. The current CWD Control Area includes all of Tensas Parish and portions of Madison and Franklin parishes.

The regulations are intended to reduce further spread of the disease.

The regulations are in response to a CWD positive detection on Jan. 28, 2022 of an adult buck harvested in Tensas Parish. CWD is a neurodegenerative disease of white-tailed deer and other members of the deer family. The disease is infectious, always fatal, and has no known treatment.

The disease can be transmitted from live deer, deer carcasses or other environmental sources such as plants or soil contaminated from exposure to CWD positive deer or deer carcasses. To learn more about CWD and complete regulations, go to: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/cwd

Here is a summary of CWD Control Area regulations:

For more information, contact LDWF Deer Program Manager Johnathan Bordelon at [email protected].