By Terri Rimmer
Recently 14 Nature Conservancy staff and two volunteers helped out in Mississippi with Hurricane Katrina relief.
The country’s wildland fire management resources were mobilized to help with the government’s response.
Although their hurricane-related duties didn’t have anything to do with flames their training lent itself well.
During the stay in Hattiesburg, MS the team from the Nature Conservancy was able to have housing, transportation, meals, and other needs met.
Within the organization the help was orchestrated by Paula Seamon and Sam Lindblom of the agency’s Global Fire Initiative.
The team was involved in a variety of activities from clearing timber to helping evacuees.
The Initiative helps teach people how fire can be useful and how it can be destructive.
According to a press release from nature.org, the Conservancy’s website, the agency and partners have proposed renewed coastal conservation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
A September release also stated that since the Conservancy’s last update to the Mississippi website, they have reopened their South Mississippi Conservation Program office in Ocean Springs. The agency is reaching out to other organizations to offer their expertise. The organization has been around since 1989.
According to Keith Ouchley, state director of the Conservancy, all staff and trustees with the agency were safe during and after the hurricane.
For more information, call 601-713-3355.
Recently 14 Nature Conservancy staff and two volunteers helped out in Mississippi with Hurricane Katrina relief.
The country’s wildland fire management resources were mobilized to help with the government’s response.
Although their hurricane-related duties didn’t have anything to do with flames their training lent itself well.
During the stay in Hattiesburg, MS the team from the Nature Conservancy was able to have housing, transportation, meals, and other needs met.
Within the organization the help was orchestrated by Paula Seamon and Sam Lindblom of the agency’s Global Fire Initiative.
The team was involved in a variety of activities from clearing timber to helping evacuees.
The Initiative helps teach people how fire can be useful and how it can be destructive.
According to a press release from nature.org, the Conservancy’s website, the agency and partners have proposed renewed coastal conservation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
A September release also stated that since the Conservancy’s last update to the Mississippi website, they have reopened their South Mississippi Conservation Program office in Ocean Springs. The agency is reaching out to other organizations to offer their expertise. The organization has been around since 1989.
According to Keith Ouchley, state director of the Conservancy, all staff and trustees with the agency were safe during and after the hurricane.
For more information, call 601-713-3355.