TPWD Commissioners are meeting right now. Texas Outdoor Partners, which represents about 60 hunting, fishing and outdoor groups, has a representative that is attending the meeting. I will report back when I get some information.
Here is the agenda:
Special Meeting Item No. 2
Special Commission Meeting
Chronic Wasting Disease Discovery and Response
July 16, 2015
A two-year-old white-tailed deer in a Medina County deer breeding facility has been confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first case of CWD detected in captive white-tailed deer in Texas.
Staff and invited presenters will provide background, information and options to the Commission, including possible measures to further minimize the risk of CWD spreading into Texas’ free-ranging white-tailed deer herd, and to protect the captive deer breeding industry. The Commission may direct staff to undertake certain appropriate measures including, but not limited to, emergency rulemaking, if necessary.
You can also Live Stream the meeting HERE