Table 1.

Definitions of variables in the Orthogonal Dataset, borrowed with permission³³.

Details	Variable name	Definition
Positive Number 0 $\le$ x $\le \infty$	Cervid_Facilities	Number of privately owned premises in the management area that maintain cervids in captivity for the purposes of breeding, farming, display, and/or enclosed (fenced) hunting operations known to the wildlife agency in the given season-year or in the most recent prior season-year for which the number is known33
	Total_harvest	Number of wild white-tailed deer harvested by hunters in the management area in the season-year or in the most recent prior season-year for which the number is known and reported to the wildlife agency33
	Streams	Average distance in meters from any location within a management area to the nearest high order stream (Strahler order 4 or greater) as defined in the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Plus; derived by intersecting the NHD Plus and USCB Cartographic Boundary File33
Proportion 0 $\le$ x $\le$ 1 Where 0 indicates no forest, and 1 indicates all forest	Forest_cover	Proportion of the area (including inland waters) classified as forest in the North American Land Change Monitoring System33. Land cover classes included as “forest” include: class 1 (temperate or sub-polar needleleaf forest), class 2 (sub-polar taiga needleleaf forest), class 3 (tropical or sub-tropical broadleaf evergreen forest), class 4 (tropical or sub-tropical broadleaf deciduous forest), class 5 (temperate or sub-polar broadleaf deciduous forest), class 6 (mixed forest), class 7 (tropical or sub-tropical shrubland), class 8 (temperate or sub-polar shrubland), and class 14 (wetland)33
Percentage 0 $\le$ x $\le$ 100 Where 0 indicates no clay, and 100 indicates all clay	Clay_percent	Average percentage of clay in the upper 50 cm of soil, as calculated using the clay content at standard depths33
Ordinal x $\in$ {0, 0.5, 1} 0: Governing officials restrict this activity 0.5: Governing officials partially restrict this activity 1: Governing officials allow this activity	Hunting_enclosures	Indicates whether captive cervid hunting is allowed in the administrative area33
	Feeding	Indicates whether feeding of cervids, defined as the placement of substances, including grains, minerals, hay, or other food materials, used to attract cervids for non-hunting purposes is allowed in the administrative area33
	Whole_carcass_importation	Indicates whether the administrative area allows importation of whole cervid carcasses from other administrative areas33
	Baiting	Indicates whether baiting of cervids, defined as the placement of substances, including grains, minerals, hay, or other food materials, used to attract cervids for the purpose of hunting is allowed in the administrative area33
	Urine_lures	Indicates whether the use of urine lures, defined as natural or synthetic urine-based attractants for hunting purposes, is allowed in the administrative area33
Binary x $\in$ {0, 1} 0: CWD has never been confirmed 1: CWD has been confirmed	Captive_status	Indicates whether CWD has been detected at one or more captive cervid facilities in the management area in the given season-year or in any prior season-year and reported to the USDA APHIS33

Definitions of variables in the Pooled Dataset are in the Supplement.