U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service supporting FEMA recovery effort U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service supporting FEMA recovery effort
Preparing to begin road clearing, establishment of emergency corridors
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is putting infrastructure in place along
the Gulf Coast to begin clearing roadways and establishing emergency
corridors as it continues an agency-wide effort to support the Federal
Emergency Management Agency’s overall recovery effort.
“Having located and accounted for the safety of all of our employees along
Hurricane Katrina’s path, we are moving quickly to bolster our support of
FEMA’s recovery effort by clearing roads, establishing emergency corridors,
and facilitating the influx of badly needed aid,” said Bud Oliveira, acting
chief of the Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System in the Southeast
Region.
So far, the Service has moved nearly 100 people into the coastal area, and
is focusing its’ efforts in southeastern Louisiana and southern
Mississippi.
On Wednesday, the Service announced that it has closed 16 national wildlife
refuges in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The agency also closed the
port of entry it operates in New Orleans and is urging importers and
exporters of fish and wildlife products to use one of 16 other ports the
agency operates including those in Houston, Miami, Memphis, and Atlanta.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency
responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and
plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American
people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge
System, which encompasses 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small
wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national
fish hatcheries, 63 fishery resource offices and 81 ecological services
field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the
Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores
nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat
such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation
efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds
of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to
State fish and wildlife agencies.
Preparing to begin road clearing, establishment of emergency corridors
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is putting infrastructure in place along
the Gulf Coast to begin clearing roadways and establishing emergency
corridors as it continues an agency-wide effort to support the Federal
Emergency Management Agency’s overall recovery effort.
“Having located and accounted for the safety of all of our employees along
Hurricane Katrina’s path, we are moving quickly to bolster our support of
FEMA’s recovery effort by clearing roads, establishing emergency corridors,
and facilitating the influx of badly needed aid,” said Bud Oliveira, acting
chief of the Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System in the Southeast
Region.
So far, the Service has moved nearly 100 people into the coastal area, and
is focusing its’ efforts in southeastern Louisiana and southern
Mississippi.
On Wednesday, the Service announced that it has closed 16 national wildlife
refuges in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The agency also closed the
port of entry it operates in New Orleans and is urging importers and
exporters of fish and wildlife products to use one of 16 other ports the
agency operates including those in Houston, Miami, Memphis, and Atlanta.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency
responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and
plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American
people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge
System, which encompasses 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small
wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national
fish hatcheries, 63 fishery resource offices and 81 ecological services
field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the
Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores
nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat
such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation
efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds
of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to
State fish and wildlife agencies.
