In North Dakota we are less than 60 miles from the MN TB area. Which is why we are concerned over issues such as baiting and feeding deer. Here’s an update from the MN efforts to control TB from the Grand Forks Herald. Keep in mind how much time/money and energy it takes to address these issues

THIEF RIVER FALLS - Deer populations in the core area of a bovine tuberculosis outbreak in northwestern Minnesota remain high enough to justify the need for federal sharpshooters to kill additional animals this winter, the Department of Natural Resources says.

Sharpshooting is set to begin the week of Feb. 11.

According to Dr. Michelle Carstenson, wildlife health program coordinator for the DNR, the estimated deer population in the core area near Skime, Minn., stands at 806 - an average of about five deer per section - based on results of an aerial survey conducted the week of Jan. 21.

That’s down only slightly from last year, when an aerial survey produced an estimated population of 950 deer, or six deer per section, Carstenson said.

here’s the full story