A white-tailed deer on the Spokane Indian Reservation has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

The Spokane Tribal Natural Resources Department said in a news release that the deer was killed by a hunter in late October in the Drum Road area.

A sample from the deer was tested at the Montana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Officials are waiting on results from a second test to confirm the first result.

“This detection is a significant concern for the wildlife program and the tribe, as deer, elk and moose are not only vital to our ecosystem but are also central to our culture and subsistence hunting,” tribal officials wrote in the release, which was posted to Facebook by the Rawhide Press.

When reached by email, Derek Abrahamson, who works in the tribe’s natural resources office

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