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A Big Step for the Future for Oiled Wildlife Response
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Wildlife Rehab & Education has taken a huge step toward improving our Oiled Wildlife Response capabilities. We have many veteran wildlife rehabilitators and several new team members, including veterinarians and veterinarian technicians, our new board of directors, and our facility.
During an oiled wildlife response, WR&E now can offer the option to set up an oiled wildlife response equipped facility at our Houston Wildlife Center, with on-site veterinarians and veterinarian technicians. We also have the space to facilitate the wildlife cleaning trailers. In addition, we can still set up and equip an on-scene facility, as we have at numerous oil spill responses in the past.
WR&E Oiled Wildlife Response Program will continue to provide: · State and Federally permitted and experienced wildlife rehabilitators that can care for all species of birds and mammals including endangered species · OSHA certified response personnel · ICS trained responders · 24-hours-a-day responders · Professionally trained managers to handle a major oiled wildlife response with a teamwork approach to include state and federal officials, regulatory agencies, local wildlife rehabilitators and local citizens · Team members to assist state and federal officials in wildlife assessment to help determine priorities for wildlife response and protection · Personnel to train volunteers to work in a safe manner · Managers to prepare daily reports for federal and state agencies and the responsible party · Personnel to set up an on-scene wildlife response facility, with the option of using WR&E’s Wildlife Center
If you are interested in spill drill information, contingency planning or training information, contract information, response capabilities or to arrange an on-site visit, please call Sharon Schmalz, Executive Director of the Wildlife Rehab & Education Wildlife Center at 281-731-8826.
2008 Oiled Wildlife Response workshops
February 22, 2008 Sponsored by the Texas General Land Office; Brownsville, TX
March 2008 Sponsored by BP; Baton Rouge, LA
If you are interested in attending, please call Sharon Schmalz at 281-731-8826.
Since 1997, oiled wildlife response training workshops have been presented along the Texas coast and this is the first of three workshops for the year 2008. The Gulf Coast supports large concentrations of wintering waterfowl and is an area for an abundance of nesting waterfowl. An oil spill in this area could affect large numbers of protected migratory birds requiring many trained responders. WR&E is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to care for injured and orphaned wildlife through rehabilitation and public education. WR&E personnel have been actively involved in oiled wildlife response for many years. Responses include the following: · A coastal spill in Port Fourchon, Louisiana in January, 1998 · An inland spill south of Cotulla, Texas in February, 1998 · An oil spill in Galveston, Texas involving endangered brown pelicans in February, 1999 · An inland spill in Mississippi in 2000 · A spill in the Houston Ship Channel in September, 2001 · A pipeline spill near Lafitte, Louisiana in April 2002 · A pipeline spill in the barrier islands south of Cocodrie, Louisiana in February 2003 · A pipeline spill in the Natchez, Mississippi area in October 2003 · A pipeline spill in Grand Isle, Louisiana in November 2003 · Pipeline spills in Venice, Louisiana after Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 · A spill affecting nesting brown pelicans due to a tropical storm in Louisiana in June 2005 · Several spills in Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina in September 2005 · Largest oil spill in Southwest Louisiana history in the Calcasieu River/Ship Channel · Two spills in Louisiana in 2007. The purpose of the workshop is to certify and train personnel that would be interested in assisting the WR&E Oiled Wildlife Response Team during a spill. The certification and training are required. The workshop will cover topics such as the effects of oil on wildlife, initial intake and exam of oiled wildlife, an introduction to OSHA training, a slide presentation of oil spills affecting the Gulf coast and actual hands on cleaning of oiled feathers. We would like for all permitted wildlife rehabilitators and trainees, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state wildlife officials, industry environmental personnel, as well as local veterinarians and veterinarian technicians to participate. Space is limited so please register early by phone or email to Sharon Schmalz 281-332-8319 or 281-731-8826. There is no cost for the workshop. Wildlife Rehab & Education, Inc. Oiled Wildlife Response Team 951 Power St. League City, TX. 77573 281-332-8319
Example of a Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop Agenda 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome – Wildlife Rehab & Education (WR&E) 9:15 - 9:45 Wildlife Laws – USFWS Law Enforcement 9:45 - 10:15 Wildlife Rehabilitation Role in Incident Command System (ICS) 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:00 US Coast Guard Role in Oil Spill Response 11:00 - 11:20 Effects of Oil on Wildlife - WR&E 11:20 - 11:45 Effects of Oil on Humans - WR&E 11:45 - 12:15 LUNCH 12:15 - 12:35 Capture & Restraint of Wildlife – WR&E 12:35 - 12:55 Zoonoses - WR&E 12:55 - 1:15 Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation - WR&E 1:15 - 1:30 Triage/Washing Demo - WR&E 1:30 - 1:45 PPE Demo - WR&E 1:45 - 2:00 Break 2:00 - 3:30 Donning PPE Hands-on Washing Doffing PPE 3:30 - 3:45 Aftercare & Release Questions & Answers, Certificates
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To Contact Us: 713-643-WILD provides a partial list of our permitted rehabbers
713-861-WILD Direct line to the Wildlife Center Wildlife Center 7007 Katy Road, Houston, TX, 77024 |
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