9/8/2005
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is no longer collecting boat rescue volunteer information. Receding water and an overwhelming response from private citizens, search and rescue organizations and other state and federal agencies have satisfied the need for additional rescue resources.
LDWF Enforcement Division agents have rescued more than 20,000 people in southeastern Louisiana who were left stranded in high water by Hurricane Katrina, which struck the gulf coast on Aug. 29.
The department received the assistance of groups from Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, New York, Virginia, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland and Oklahoma and other state and federal agencies in water rescue. The U.S. Coast Guard and Louisiana Air National Guard also actively engaged in search and rescue missions.
LDWF would like to thank the more than 1,000 individuals and groups from across the country that called in to pledge their support in the rescue effort, and the media that spread the message of our need for volunteer boaters.
For more information, contact Thomas Gresham at 225-765-2496 or tgresham@wlf.louisiana.gov.
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