The surveillance optimization for chronic wasting disease (‘SOP4CWD’) team developed the CWD Data Warehouse (cwd‐data.org) to support state, provincial, and tribal wildlife agencies engaged in CWD surveillance, response, and management. The Warehouse is a secure, custom software designed for agencies (not public) to collect, store, share, standardize, and manage their CWD data; run models to inform decision making; and create visualizations of all outputs.

Originally designed for the eastern US and Canada to accommodate data from CWD surveillance data in white‐tailed deer, additional agencies across the continent now seek participation in the Warehouse. The deliverables requested herein are needs that western state representatives have requested of researchers, including adapting and expanding the Warehouse to accommodate their regions and host populations. The SOP4CWD team will collaborate with the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA), a nongovernmental entity representing 24 western U.S. states and Canadian provinces, on this project given their existing framework that allows for the elevation of multi‐jurisdictional projects, organization of leadership committees, such as the Wildlife Health Committee, and streamlined communication with wildlife agencies throughout western North America.

Continued development of the CWD Warehouse to meet the practical and varying needs of additional and diverse agencies represented in WAFWA builds upon its existing structure and functionality. Success in this proposal will enhance its future ability to inform and optimize CWD surveillance and ultimately increase detection and management capabilities for wildlife agencies across North America.