During the 2023 deer and elk hunting seasons, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will increase sampling efforts for Chronic Wasting Disease throughout the state by providing hunters with quick and easy opportunities to have their harvested animal tested.  CWD check stations are mandatory to stop at if you pass one along the highway or interstate while transporting a harvested deer or elk.  There will be one open at Celilo Park the weekends of October 8 to 10 and November 4 to 6, operating from 9 a.m. to dusk.  Several taxidermy and meat processing businesses have agreed to collect CWD samples from deer or elk they receive from their clients and provide it to ODFW.  Successful hunters can also contact some ODFW field offices to have a biologist collect a sample.  CWD was detected in northern Idaho in 2021, just 30 miles from the Oregon border.  It is always fatal to deer and elk and there is no cure.