Walt Cottrell DVM, filling a new position of Wildlife Veterinarian with the PA Game Commission, and heading up monitoring and response planning for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), will talk about CWD and Pennsylvania’s monitoring program.

Dave DeCalesta, PhD, Certified Wildlife Biologist-Consultant and former Research Wildlife Biologist with the US Forest Service NE Research Station, will give an overview of the work coordinating the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative and review findings on the 75,000-acre project in northwest Pa.

Branch presentations will be given by Peter Pinchot, Branch president, about current QDMA programs and activities, and Robin Wildermuth, Branch vice president, on Pike County data on deer densities and deer size.