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New England Wildlife Center outlines oiled‑wildlife capacity after MOSFRA grants
Summary
The New England Wildlife Center described training, field kits and hospital upgrades funded by MOSFRA grants — including a recent $75,000 award — and said the center’s teams washed and released 45 of about 50 oiled birds from a recent spill, stressing the labor‑intensive nature of wildlife rehabilitation.
The New England Wildlife Center told the OSAC meeting it has expanded wildlife‑response capacity with MOSFRA funding and is building both training and equipment resources to support large bird‑response events.
Zach Mertz, CEO of the New England Wildlife Center, said the nonprofit received two MOSFRA grants and that the most recent award was $75,000 to support training, response kits and growing the responder network. “This 1 was, heavily…
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