Structured decision-making workshop: Chronic wasting disease management of cervids in Massachusetts

USGS researchers at the Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit hosted a structured decision-making workshop that evaluated management decisions for chronic wasting disease. This document describes the results of a 2.5-day rapid decision prototype workshop that evaluated management activities for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Massachusetts (MA) that were either proactive (i.e., actions taken prior to CWD arrival/detection) or reactive (i.e., actions taken after CWD arrival/detection). The workshop was led by members of the Wildlife Section of the MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (hereafter referred to as MassWildlife) and included a group of agency communications specialists and district managers. U. S. Geological Survey staff and a volunteer acted as decision facilitators and led the analysis of the decision. Abstract narrative source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperator Science Series.