DULUTH, Minn. – A unanimous vote by the St. Louis County Board prohibits new deer farms in the northeast Minnesota county.
Officials say the goal is to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease. A one-year moratorium on new cervid farms in St. Louis County would have expired Sept. 30.
Commissioner Keith Nelson said while agriculture is important, protecting white tail deer herds and the traditions of deer hunting in St. Louis County “have to take priority.”
A deer in neighboring Itasca County tested positive for CWD earlier this year.
