A fourth elk has tested positive for chronic wasting disease near where elk closely congregate around hay provided to supplement their winter diets.

For the first time, an elk has tested positive for chronic wasting disease on a western Wyoming wapiti feedground, areas that wildlife biologists have long seen as a risk.

A dead cow elk at a Wyoming feedground tested positive for CWD, highlighting concerns around the state's supplemental feeding operations.

From Wyoming Game and Fish: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released its Draft Wyoming Elk Feedgrounds Management Plan for public comment on the department’s website. The draft guides ...

RAWLINS, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is investigating whether three sick elk euthanized because of their poor condition near Rawlins may have been afflicted with lichen toxicosis.