Presently we are engaging with communities and developing a proposal to study and assess risks to wildlife in northern Saskatchewan This includes strategies to stop the transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) into Canada’s caribou herds, and balancing healthy moose populations with that of CWD-free caribou. In October, 2023, in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, we hosted a CWD sample-gathering workshop with the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association. This is planned to be the first of many such engagements.