ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
OF THE EFFECT OF THE
ORAL RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAM

This page contains links to four environmental assessments prepared to examine potential resource threats that might arise from a proposed project undertaken by Animal Plant Health Inspection Service of USDA. The proposed project involves the use of oral rabies vaccine to manage raccoon rabies in the National Park Service Units in the Northeast Region.

Please click on the link to the document for the network of the park of interest to you. Comments on these environmental assessments must be submitted by February 14, 2005 to receive full consideration in the environmental assessment decision-making process. Faxed comments should also be mailed. Send comments to, or request a hard copy from

Wendy Servoss
Environmental Coordinator
USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services
6213-E Angus Drive
Raleigh, NC 27617
Phone: 919-786-4479
Fax: 919-782-4159

Incidentally, while you are here in the website that reports the science being done in the National Parks in the Northeast region, you may want to click on the menu items on the left side of this page to see what projects are underway, or to look at final reports of projects recently completed.

Environmental Assessment for the
Northeast Region Northern Coastal Barrier Network Parks:
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Appendices

Acadia National Park, ME
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, ME
Assateague Island National Seashore, MD
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, MD
Hampton National Historic Site, MD
Thomas Stone National Historical Site, MD
Cape Cod National Seashore, MA
Fire Island National Seashore, NY
Gateway National Recreation Area, NY and NJ
Colonial National Historical Park, VA
George Washington's Birthplace National Monument, VA

Environmental assessment for
Northeast Temperate Network Parks:
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Saint Gaudens National Historic Site, NH
Fort Stanwix National Monument, NY
Saratoga National Historical Park, NY
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, NY
Women’s Rights National Historical Park, NY
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, VT

Enviromental assessment for
Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network Parks:
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, PA
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, PA & NJ
Fort Necessity National Battlefield, PA
Friendship Hill National Historic Site, PA
Johnstown Flood National Memorial, PA
Bluestone National Scenic River, WV
Gauley River National Recreation Area, WV
New River Gorge National River, WV

Environmental Assessment for
Mid-Atlantic Network Parks:
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Appalachian National Scenic Trail, GA to ME
Eisenhower National Historic Site, PA
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA
Appomatox Courthouse National Historical Park, VA
Booker T. Washington National Monument, VA
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, VA
Petersburg National Battlefield, VA
Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA
Shenandoah National Park, VA
Oral Rabies Vaccination Program