Feeding or baiting deer is illegal throughout Fayetteville, which sits in Arkansas's CWD Management Zone. State Game & Fish Regulation 07.06 bans putting out food, grain, minerals, or lures for wildlife; Code Compliance enforces it with the City Prosecutor.
Fayetteville lies inside the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone (Zone 1, Northwestern Arkansas), where Regulation 07.06 makes it unlawful to place food, grain, minerals, salt, or lures to attract or feed wildlife. The rule targets deer, since concentrating them spreads CWD through direct and indirect contact. Fayetteville's Code Compliance program responds to feeding and baiting reports in coordination with Game & Fish: officers inspect the property, send a certified compliance letter, and refer unresolved cases to the City Prosecutor's Office. Ordinary backyard bird feeders are not the target of the rule.
Feeding or baiting deer violates AGFC Regulation 07.06. Fayetteville Code Compliance issues a certified compliance letter, and continued violations are referred to the City Prosecutor's Office for enforcement. Reports can be made anonymously.
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