Disease Eradication

State vet asks for slaughter deadline extension (Casper Star-Tribune)

20 Jul 2008

LANDER -- When brucellosis showed up in a western Wyoming cattle herd in November 2003, the rancher slaughtered all of his breeding animals so the state wouldn't lose its coveted "brucellosis-free" market status.

Smith: State’s deer population stabilizing (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

20 Jul 2008

Hunters have helped stabilize the number of white-tailed deer in Wisconsin and, with continued effort in upcoming seasons, could bring the herd to established population goals.That's the word from Department of Natural Resources wildlife...

Experts: McHenry County ash trees in peril (Northwest Herald)

19 Jul 2008

Contrary to a rumor this month that the emerald ash borer had been discovered near Kishwaukee Valley Road in Woodstock, officials at the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the University of Illinois Extension Office were not aware of any confirmed cases of the bugs in Woodstock.