Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Great Lakes-North Forest CESU

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Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Great Lakes-North Forest CESU: Chronic wasting disease is an always fatal, contagious, neurodegenerative disease of North American deer, elk and moose that was recently detected in both captive and free-ranging white-tailed deer in the State of New York. If left unchecked, CWD has the long-term potential to spread over large geographic areas and negatively impact deer populations. Efforts to manage CWD in free-ranging populations, primarily through localized population reduction, have met with limited success to date. Successful management of this disease may require a thorough knowledge of deer demographic, behavioral, and movement patterns. With this knowledge, states may be better able to predict disease and movement patterns at the landscape scale, and intervene where possible. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is responsible for managing wildlife in New York and has identified a need for information regarding demographic, behavioral, and movement patterns of deer in the geographic area where CWD was detected. The Biological Resources Division of the US Geological Survey is actively conducting research on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), both internally and through supporting research needs of states that have detected CWD in free-ranging populations. This grant is available to investigate aspects of CWD in the State of New York that will facilitate ongoing disease management by the state. Suggested research activities, to be conducted in collaboration with both USGS and the New York DEC, potentially include capture of free-ranging deer, marking with radio telemetry equipment, recording individual animal locations through time, and analyzing movement patterns at the landscape scale.