Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed In Wilkes County, Ashe, Alleghany Added To Surveillance Counties

Chronic Wasting Disease has now been found in Cumberland and Wilkes Counties.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible, always fatal, neurological disease that affects deer and other cervids such as elk, moose and reindeer/caribou.

As a result of the recent confirmations, the North Carolina Wildlife Commission  has established new primary and secondary CWD surveillance areas for the 2023-2024 hunting season.

Primary surveillance area counties are Cumberland, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.

Secondary surveillance area counties are Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Bladen, David, Forsyth, Guildford, Harnett, Hoke, Iredell, Robeson, Rockingham and Sampson counties.

You can get more information on Chronic Wasting Disease and changes for these counties online at NCWildlife.org.