Department of the Interior


Office of the Secretary
For Immediate Release:
July 17, 2006
Contact: Hugh Vickery (202) 501-4633
Byron Fortier, FWS 985-882-2000

NEWS RELEASE

Secretary Kempthorne to Tour Hurricane Damage, Hold Press Availability at Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge

(NEW ORLEANS) -- Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne will hold a media availability Tuesday at Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge after touring the areas of the refuge damaged by last year’s hurricanes.

What: Media availability
Who:  Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
When: 9: 30 a.m., July 18, 2006
Where:  Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Address: Ridge Trail, U.S. 90 Chef Menteur Highway
(3.8 miles east of I-510)

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