The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday that it is opening a deer check station after chronic wasting disease was detected in a wild deer in Livingston County.The DEC said CWD, which hadn’t been detected in a wild deer in New York state since 2005, is a fatal disease found in deer, elk and moose that poses a serious threat to wild populations.All hunters who harvest a deet in the towns of Conesus, Groveland, North Dansville, Sparta, Springwater and West Sparta will be required to submit tissue samples from the deer to the DEC for CWD testing. The check station is located at the Livingston County Office of Emergency Management, 3360 Gypsy Lane, Groveland.The station will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. until Nov. 20, before shifting to 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 21.CLICK HERE for more information.
