Chronic wasting disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. Chronic wasting disease has now reached Idaho near the Oregon border, causing concern for the Columbian white-tailed deer, a rare subspecies found only in two regions in Oregon.
Elks carry important genetic variant
A Roosevelt elk grazes at the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area near Reedsport, Oregon.
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