California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Response Program


OSPR scientists feeding injured bird OSPR volunteers cataloging injured birds Recovering birds in indoor tank

The Response Program, which is CDFG-OSPR funded and staffed, ensures our facility and its staff and mobile equipment are ready and capable of responding to an oil spill of any size, or other marine emergency that involve wildlife along the coast of California. Several boats, mobile veterinary labs and response trailers, capture equipment and floating pens, and specialized and all terrain vehicles (ATVs) are based at the MWVCRC. This program most frequently works very closely with or under the Oiled Wildlife Care Network which is a CDFG-OSPR funded and U.C. Davis-Wildlife Health centered and operated.

Page Last Updated: July 7, 2011