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09-09-05, 12:33
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is putting people and resources in place along the Gulf Coast to clear roadways and establish emergency corridors as it continues an agency-wide effort to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) overall recovery effort caused by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina last week.
"Having located and accounted for the safety of all of our employees along Hurricane Katrina's path, we're 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 USFWS's National Wildlife Refuge System in the Southeast Region.
So far, the USFWS has moved nearly 100 people into the coastal area, and is focusing its efforts in southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
"Having located and accounted for the safety of all of our employees along Hurricane Katrina's path, we're 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 USFWS's National Wildlife Refuge System in the Southeast Region.
So far, the USFWS has moved nearly 100 people into the coastal area, and is focusing its efforts in southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.