 Wildlife managers say two deer shot by hunters near Lanesboro in southeastern Minnesota were infected with chronic wasting disease. The DNR says they're the first detections of the brain disease among wild deer in Minnesota since 2010. The DNR resumes CWD testing in southeastern Minnesota this fall because of increasing cases in Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. Now one buck was confirmed as positive while the second confirmation is expected this week. DNR officials say they're the only deer to test positive out of nearly 2,500 samples collected this month. Results are pending from another 373 more samples. What it means is that we're going to implement our CWD management plan which is going to call for creating a zone to manage and hopefully eliminate the disease. We'll be looking at working with hunters and landowners in that zone to collect additional samples and also start thinking about lowering deer populations in the short term in the in the hopes of eliminating the disease. Our standard playbook is to do what we can as aggressively as we can with cooperation from hunters, landowners and our deer hunting groups and and do whatever we can and not allow this disease to get established. Chronic wasting disease is fatal to deer elk and moose while it's not known to affect human health the Centers for Disease Control advises against eating animals known to have the disease. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.