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Appendix I------CWD-Response Team Definitions
CWD Team Leader- The Chief of Law Enforcement and the Director of Wildlife Bureau
will chair the CWD Administrative Team, will serve as the primary point of contact for the
CWD response effort, and will be responsible for communicating CWD response efforts to
MDWFP administration.
CWD Administrative Team- will oversee the implementation of the MDWFP’s CWD
Response Plan and CWD Action Plan.
Support Team- will assist the CWD Administrative Team by contacting local landowners
for sampling permissions on private lands, handling public relations, through the generation
of maps, and by providing technological support.
Facilities Coordinator- will determine and procure an adequate location for CWD
operations location/facility and for housing/maintenance of staff. This would include
sleeping quarters, washing facilities, restrooms, and meals.
Enforcement Staff- will provide security to all workstation and staff-housing locations and
address security issues encountered by field staff during CWD sampling efforts.
Shooting Team Leader- will coordinate the collection of cervids for CWD sampling
purposes via still-hunting utilizing MDWFP staff, participating private landowners, and
roving night-sampling teams.
Single-location MDWFP Shooter- MDWFP personnel who will participate in CWD
collection efforts via the use of still or stand hunting.
Roving Shooting Team- mobile units which will be responsible for the collection of cervids
for CWD testing purposes. The Roving Shooting Team will be comprised of at least three
MDWFP employees to include a driver, spotter, and shooter and may conduct collection
during daylight or nighttime hours.
Private Landowner Cooperator- an approved private landowner who has been issued an
approved MDWFP landowner permission letter for the purpose of collecting cervids in order
to assist the MDWFP in CWD sampling efforts.
Transport Team Leader- will coordinate the transportation of cervids which were harvested
for CWD sampling purposes to the approved CWD operation facility/location.
Transportation Team- will serve as support to single-location MDWFP shooter and roving
night-sampling teams by providing the transport of harvested cervids to the approved CWD
operation facility/location.
Biological Team Leader- will coordinate the collection of all necessary biological samples
(CWD, DNA, etc.), the processing and disposal of cervid carcasses, and for managing all
data and samples collected.
Carcass Disposal Team- will be comprised of the Biological Team Leader and biological
sample collectors to ensure the proper disposal of cervid carcasses.
Sample Collector- MDWFP will collect biological samples (i.e. CWD, DNA, etc.) from
cervids harvested for CWD sampling purposes. Will also assist in processing and the proper
disposal of cervid carcasses.
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