New Chronic Wasting Disease Regulations Vital to Limiting Disease’s Spread

Since Delaware’s first-ever case of chronic wasting disease in deer was detected earlier this year, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been acting with an abundance of caution. It is vital to tackle this issue early to limit the spread of this degenerative, deadly disease among Delaware’s deer population, and so we recently published new temporary regulations ahead of hunting season.

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Despite Declining Numbers, Hunting Still has Major Benefits for Participants and Delaware

Fifty years ago, roughly 1 in 20 Delawareans hunted, according to license data maintained by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Today, that figure is more like 1 in 50. But that doesn’t mean hunting’s importance has diminished for those who do take part, as the director of the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife explains in this piece.

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