Washington’s top wildlife official has signed off on a broad suite of rules to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease, including statewide bans on feeding and baiting deer, elk and moose.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that Director Kelly Susewind approved all of the rule proposals put forward by his staff to deal with the always-fatal neurological disease, which state officials found for the first time last year in Spokane County.
WDFW ordered a number of temporary rules shortly after the initial detection, including mandatory testing, carcass transport restrictions and localized feeding and baiting bans…