LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — When the firearms deer season begins Thursday morning, the DNR will be asking for help from hunters in a greatly expanded 16 County area of the state, that is being monitored for Chronic Wasting Disease.
They are asking hunters to bring any deer they shoot into CHECKPOINTS for testing.
Regional Supervisor Mark Sargent says the impacted area cuts through mid and southwest Michigan, and includes Calhoun and Jackson Counties. (SEE MAP)
He says arrangements can be made for any hunter who wants to preserve the head for display. The firearm deer season begins at DAWN THURSDAY.
One of the revelations to come out of Tuesday’s PFAS Hearing in Grand Rapids was that a deer has tested with high levels of PFAS in its blood near Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda Township.
Twenty deer were tested and only the one deer has tested high, but it was enough for Michigan Dept. of Health and the DNR to issue a warning not to eat any deer harvested within five miles of the marsh. It’s the first time they have found PFAS in a deer.
Health Dept. Spokesperson Angela Minicuci says the deer tested at well over 500 parts per trillion, about twice what they consider to be the safe level in fish.
They believe the source is fire suppression foam used at the Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
