The Illinois Department of Natural Resources hosting two public meetings in Lee and Bureau counties to provide information about the recent detection of chronic wasting disease in the state’s deer population.

CWD is an important issue that will continue to dominate future deer management discussions in northern Illinois says IDNR’s Chris Jacques (jakes).

The scheduled meetings are in Lee County at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, at the Winifred Knox Memorial Library in Franklin Grove. And in Bureau County at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at the Hennepin Canal State Trail office in Sheffield.