Wild Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Response Activities 

2022 Cooperative Agreements

2022 Spending Plan

October 2022
2022 Spending Plans for the Wild Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Response Activities 2022 Cooperative Agreements

USDA APHIS WS is awarding $4.075 million through Cooperative Agreements to twenty-one State

Departments of wildlife. These projects will allow recipients to further develop and implement CWD 

management, response, and research activities in wild cervids, including surveillance and testing. Funded 

projects are listed below.

Wild Cervid Management Projects

 Project Title Entity Funding Amount

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission CWD 

Testing Awareness and Outreach Promotion

Arkansas Game and Fish 

Commission $70,000.00

Statewide Surveillance of Chronic Wasting 

Disease in Maryland

Maryland Department of 

Natural Resources, Wildlife 

and Heritage Services $249,944.00

Strengthening Hunter-Agency Partnerships for 

CWD Monitoring and Management through 

Sustained Outreach and Engagement

Wisconsin Department of 

Natural Resources $75,780.00

Oregon Chronic Wasting Disease Prevention, 

Surveillance, and Management Program

Oregon Department of Fish 

and Wildlife $247,261.00

CWD Educational Video Development and 

Dissemination Through Targeted 

Communication and Marketing

North Carolina 

Wildlife Resources 

Commission $35,000.00

Shifting behaviors to lower the risk of CWD; a 

multi-media approach

North Dakota Game and Fish 

Department $96,300.00

Assessing and improving CWD surveillance for 

wild cervids in Utah - Part 2

Utah Division of Wildlife 

Resources $108,823.00

Fire as a tool for remediation of prioncontaminated landscapes

Tennessee Wildlife Resources 

Agency $164,500.00

Assessment, Modeling, and Development of 

best practices for an alternative CWD landfill 

disposal concepts for Idaho

Idaho Department of Fish & 

Game $101,704.00

Deepening Partnerships, Expanding Access: 

Reducing CWD Transmission Risks by Supporting 

Proper Carcass Disposal

Wisconsin Department of 

Natural Resources $150,000.00

Using incentivized harvest to empower hunters 

and landowners to slow the spread of Chronic 

Wasting Disease

Iowa Department of 

Natural Resources $146,210.00

Development of self-service CWD sample 

submission kits for hunters in CWD detected 

counties in Michigan

Michigan Department of 

Natural Resources $57,000.00
 Project Title Entity Funding Amount

CWD Outreach and Prevention in California

California Department of Fish 

and Wildlife (CDFW) $48,111.00

Partnering with taxidermists to expand CWD 

surveillance statewide in Minnesota

Minnesota Department of 

Natural Resources $250,000.00

Field Evaluation of Trained Canine Detection of 

Environmental Contamination caused by Chronic 

Wasting Disease Infection

Tennessee Wildlife 

Resources Agency $239,500.00

Increased CWD Surveillance to Inform 

Management to Contain Spread

Pennsylvania Game 

Commission $250,000.00

Motivations and Social Norms of Hunters Active 

in CWD Management

North Carolina Wildlife 

Resources Commission $34,778.00

Using real-time quaking-induced conversion 

(RT-QuIC) to detect prion seeding activity in 

feces from bobcats (Lynx rufus) that have 

consumed tissues from CWD-infected elk 

(Cervus canadensis)

Wyoming Game and Fish 

Department $55,591.66

Developing Genetic Approaches for Sustainable 

Long-Term Monitoring and Modeling CWD 

Spread in White-Tailed Deer

Arkansas Game and Fish 

Commission $99,635.00

Beta testing pooled sampling thresholds against 

traditional Chronic Wasting Disease testing

Iowa Department of Natural 

Resources $101,492.22

Multi-media CWD Communications Toolkit 

Development and Distribution in Florida: 

Informing Stakeholders of Risks and Regulations

The Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation Commission 

(FWC) $249,475.00

Evaluating novel methods for testing Chronic 

Wasting Disease (CWD) status of elk and 

assessing impacts of CWD prevalence in the 

Black Hills of South Dakota.

South Dakota Game, Fish and 

Parks $142,902.00

Proactive development of CWD-related outreach 

and education for hunters, Tribal communities, 

and other stakeholders to guide disease 

management in Washington

Washington Department of 

Fish and Wildlife $115,325.00

Chronic Wasting Disease Policy Toolkit

North Carolina Wildlife 

Resources Commission $19,800.00

Investigating Potential Inhibitory Roles of 

Organic Copper and Zinc in CWD Prion Protein 

Misfolding and Propagation

Texas Parks and Wildlife 

Department $244,377.00

Applying landscape genomics to infer CWD 

transmission corridors and inform management 

activities in western Kentucky and Tennessee

Kentucky Department of Fish 

and Wildlife Resources $196,106.50

Quantifying the role of intra- and inter-specific 

interactions in CWD spread

Mississippi Department of 

Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks $250,000.00

Evaluating the genetic susceptibility of Oregon 

cervids to chronic wasting disease

Oregon Department of Fish 

and Wildlife $125,173.00

Survey of Pennsylvania Residents Activities and 

Opinions Related to CWD Management

Pennsylvania Game 

Commission $150,000.00

TOTAL $4,074,788.38