Governor's 2008 Chronic Wasting Disease Proclamation

Transportation and Importation of White-Tailed Deer, Mule Deer, Elk, Moose, and Other Cervid Carcasses and Parts

Pursuant to North Dakota law and upon the recommendation of the North Dakota Game and Fish Director, I hereby declare the following a precaution against the possible spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) into North Dakota:

Carcass Importation.
(1) It shall be unlawful to transport into North Dakota the whole carcass or carcass parts of white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, elk, or members of the cervid family from areas within states or provinces with documented occurrences of CWD in wild populations or from farmed cervid operations in states and provinces with documented occurrences of CWD in their farmed cervids except for the following portions of the carcass:

• Meat that is cut and wrapped either commercially or privately.
• Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached.
• Meat that has been boned out.
• Hides with no heads attached.
• Clean (no meat or tissue attached) skull plates with antlers attached.
• Antlers with no meat or tissue attached.
• Upper canine teeth, also known as “buglers”, “whistlers”, or “ivories”.
• Finished taxidermy heads.

(2) The game management units, equivalent wildlife management units, or counties as provided in Subsections (a) through (m) have free-ranging deer, moose or elk diagnosed with CWD, and importation of harvested elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, moose, or other cervids or their parts are hereby restricted pursuant to Subsection (1).

• Colorado - game management units (GMUs) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 49, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 69, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 107, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 131, 161, 171, 181, 191, 211, 214, 231, 301, 371, 391, 411, 421, 441, 461, 521, 581, 591, 691, 861, 951;
• Illinois - Counties of Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, DeKalb, Ogle, LaSalle, Stephenson;
• Nebraska - Upper Platte, Platte, Plains, Sandhills, Frenchman, Buffalo, and Pine Ridge Units which include the counties of Cheyenne, Kimball, Sioux, Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Sheridan, Box Butte, Dawes, Banner, Cherry, Hall, Garden, Keith, Red Willow, Deuel, Grant and Arthur;
• New Mexico - White Sands Missile Base (GMU 19) and GMU 34;
• Saskatchewan - Wildlife Management Zone 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 29, 43, 46, 47, 50, 68 South and Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit;
• South Dakota - prairie units WRD-21A, WRD-27A, WRD-27B and Black Hills units BHD-BH1, BHD-BD3, BHD-BD4;
• Utah - 16A, 16B, 16C, 13A, 13B, 8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D
• Wisconsin - any deer registered with a Wisconsin DNR Red Registration Tag from the area designated as the Disease Eradication Zone or Herd Reduction Zone including deer management zones 54B-CWD, 70-CWD, 70A-CWD, 70B-CWD, 70C-CWD, 70D-CWD, 70E-CWD, 70F-CWD, 70G-CWD, 71-CWD, 73B-CWD, 73E-CWD, 75A-CWD, 75B-CWD, 75C-CWD, 75D-CWD, 76-CWD, 76A-CWD, 76M-CWD, 77A-CWD,77B-CWD, 77C-CWD;
• Wyoming - Deer Hunt Areas 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 30, 33, 34, 37, 41, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 88, 89, 120, 122, 125, 127, 158, 163, 164 or Elk Hunt Areas 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 22, 110, 125;
• Kansas - Cheyenne and Decatur Counties;
• New York - any deer taken within the CWD containment areas of Oneida and Madison counties;
• West Virginia - any deer taken within the CWD containment zone of Hampshire County;
• Alberta - Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 150, 151, 163, 234 and 236.

(3)  The states or provinces, as provided in Subsections (a) through (l) have captive deer, elk, moose, or other cervids which have been diagnosed with CWD and importation of captive elk, deer, moose, and other cervid carcasses or their parts are hereby restricted pursuant to Subsection (1).

(a) Alberta
(b) Saskatchewan
(c) Wyoming
(d) Colorado
(e) South Dakota
(f) Nebraska
(g) Kansas
(h) Wisconsin
(i) New York
(j) Minnesota
(k) Montana
(l) Oklahoma
(m) Michigan

(4) Evidence of sex is required to be naturally attached to all hunter-killed big game carcasses being transported into North Dakota.

(5) Additional infected units may be added as necessary.  The public will be informed of any additional area via news releases and the Game and Fish Department web site.

September 8, 2008
John Hoeven, Governor

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