Jacob Dingel Hunters harvesting deer in Lancaster County are encouraged to take their deer heads to Game Commission head-collection containers within Disease Management Area 4. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was detected in a captive-raised deer in Lancaster County in October. DMA 4 will expand in 2020 as a result. But hunters who submit heads can help now to increase surveillance. CWD found at Lancaster County deer farm Hunters taking deer nearby encouraged to submit samples for CWD testing. A captive-raised deer that recently tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) will result in a southward expansion of Disease Management Area 4 (DMA 4) in 2020. The exact adjusted boundary for DMA 4 will not be announced until next year, after the close of hunting seasons and completion of further CWD surveillance. DECEMBER 2019 But the new CWD-positive deer will place most of Lancaster County within DMA 4. Even though DMA 4 will not expand until next year, the Game Commission is asking for hunters' help now. Hunters who harvest deer in Lancaster County can help enhance CWD surveillance by submitting their deer heads in collection containers 49