Wild Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Response Activities 

2021 Cooperative Agreements 

2021 Spending Plan 

September 2021 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 Spending Plans for the Wild Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management andResponse Activities 2021 Cooperative Agreements 

USDA APHIS WS is awarding $2.535 million through Cooperative Agreements to twenty State Departments 

of wildlife in sixteen states, and one Tribal organization representing twenty Federally recognized Native 

American Tribal governments. 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 

CWD Communications Toolkit and Arkansas Game and Fish 

Implementation in the Southeast Commission 

Applying AWFA Best Management Practices for The Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Risk Assessment Conservation Commission 

& Surveillance in Florida (FWC) 

Trained Canine Detection of Fecal Sample Odor Tennessee Wildlife Resources 

and Whole-Body Odor Associated with Chronic Agency 

Wasting Disease Infection in White-Tailed Deer 

and Other Cervid Species 

Reducing Risks of CWD Transmission Through Wisconsin Department of 

Facilitating Proper Carcass Disposal Natural Resources 

CWD Prion Accumulation Dynamics at Bait Sites Tennessee Wildlife 

for Free-ranging Deer Resources Agency 

Motivating Behavior Change toward CWD Best Wisconsin Department of 

Practices though Improved Outreach and Natural Resources 

Education 

Leveraging incentivized harvest, local hunter- Iowa Department of 

landowner partnerships, and testing with Natural Resources 

amplification assays to slow the spread of 

Chronic Wasting Disease 

Preparing Western Washington Treaty Tribes Northwest Indian Fisheries 

for Chronic Wasting Disease Commission (NWIFC), with the 

support of twenty member 

tribes 

A multicenter validation of RT-QuIC assay for Michigan Department of 

sensitive detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Natural Resources 

Strengthening CWD Surveillance in Eastern Arizona Game and Fish 

Arizona Department 

Improving hunter participation and awareness Nevada Department of 

for Chronic Wasting Disease in Nevada Wildlife 

Funding Amount 

$250,000.00 

$101,646.00 

$212,500.00 

$126,000.00 

$234,135.00 

$94,986.00 

$203,828.80 

$98,781.00 

$246,461.00 

$39,379.00 

$129,822.00 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Cervid Management Projects

Project Title Entity Funding Amount 

Hunter Attitudes Toward Chronic Wasting 

Disease and Management Efforts in a TwoCounty Disease-Positive Area in West Virginia 

West Virginia 

Department of Wildlife 

Resources (DWR) $49,760.00 

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission CWD 

Testing Awareness and Outreach Promotion 

Arkansas Game and Fish 

Commission $90,000.00 

Surveillance for chronic wasting disease in wild 

deer surrounding recently detected CWDpositive captive cervid facilities in Minnesota 

Minnesota Department of 

Natural Resources 

$149,890.20 

Increased CWD Surveillance to Inform 

Management to Contain Spread 

Pennsylvania Game 

Commission $132,768.00 

Perceived Risk, Behaviors, and Attitudes Related 

to Chronic Wasting Disease in Virginia 

Virginia Department of 

Wildlife Resources (DWR) $26,925.00 

ELISA testing in Indiana Indiana Department of Natural 

Resources – Division of Fish & 

Wildlife (DNR) $47,943.00 

Improving CWD Educational Outreach by 

Creating Social Media Platform Materials 

Mississippi Department of 

Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks $80,271.00 

Optimization of CWD Surveillance, Data 

Management, and Carcass Disposal Strategies in 

Virginia 

Virginia Department of 

Wildlife Resources (DWR) 

$47,023.00 

Implementing a comprehensive molecular 

methods package for chronic wasting disease 

surveillance through Kansas 

Kansas Department of 

Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism 

(KDWPT) $98,112.00 

A risk assessment of chronic wasting disease in 

Massachusetts and the proactive development 

of a communication strategy for MassWildlife 

and wild cervid stakeholders in Massachusetts 

Massachusetts Division of 

Fisheries and Wildlife 

(MassWildlife) 

$75,451.07 

TOTAL $2,535,672.07