Whitefish mulls deer management after chronic wasting disease found in Flathead Valley
A deer forages along Wisconsin Avenue in Whitefish in this file photo. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Whitefish City Council at a recent work session discussed the city's robust urban deer population with the first case of chronic wasting disease detected in the Flathead Valley last fall.
“Roughly, it’s a two-year death sentence for any deer that can get chronic wasting disease,” said Ethan Lula, wildlife biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “Symptoms really not showing until about 18 months.”
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