Ryan Dorgan
                                    
                                
                                        CWD reaches Jackson Hole
                                    
                                        CWD reaches Jackson Hole. December 2018. With the arrival of chronic wasting disease in Jackson Hole, hunters, wildlife managers, waste management officials and even the highway department are beginning to grapple with the new reality of living with a 10,000-strong elk herd at risk of contracting an incurable, always-fatal disease.