Oral Rabies Vaccination Program EA

This Environmental Assessment (EA) documents the analysis of the potential environmental effects of a proposal to involve the U.S. Department of Interior (USDI), National Park Service (NPS) in an oral rabies vaccination (ORVAC) program at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site (Palo Alto) in south Texas. The program would involve the distribution of ORVAC baits to create zones of vaccinated target species that would then serve as barriers to further cease the advancement of the canine rabies virus variant. The proposed ORVAC program would reduce the possibility of humans and animals becoming infected with the canine variant of the rabies virus and would support the state of Texas in its effort of reducing or eliminating this strain of the virus from south Texas. Currently, cooperative rabies vaccination programs are already being conducted on various land classes in Texas in addition to numerous other states in the U.S. By participating, the NPS would aid in enhancing the effectiveness of the national program. No cumulative impacts are anticipated from the distribution of ORVAC into the environment.

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Oral Rabies Vaccination EA   (484.5 KB, PDF file) Oral Rabies Vaccination EA, Appendix A   (26.6 KB, PDF file) Oral Rabies Vaccination EA, Appendix B   (75.3 KB, PDF file) Oral Rabies Vaccination EA, Appendix C   (109.7 KB, PDF file) Oral Rabies Vaccination Program, Appendix D   (149.8 KB, PDF file) Oral Rabies Vaccination EA, Appendix E   (209.5 KB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.