The May 16 Environmental Issues Forum hosted by the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee will feature a presentation on chronic waste disease in Pennsylvania deer.

Wayne Laroche, Director of the Game Commission’s Bureau of Wildlife Management and Greg Hostetter, Deputy Secretary for Animal Health and Food Safety at the Department of Agriculture will discuss CWD trends in Pennsylvania’s deer population and interagency initiatives aimed at controlling this incurable disease.

The Forum will be held in Room 8E-A East Wing of the Capitol starting at noon.

Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) serves as Chair of the Joint Conservation Committee.

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5/9/2016