Tuesday, September 14,1993
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Donation helps
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Wildlife Dept,
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The Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, through an $80,000
donation from the U.S. Defense Depart
ment, has acquired a computer system
that will quickly identify habitats "of en
dangered species, officials said Monday.
The computer hardware, provided by
Fort Flood in Killeen and Fort Sam Hous
ton in San Antonio, will be utilized bv
land developers so they can avoid build
ing where endangered species live.
In the past, Parks and Wildlife em
ployees had to use hand-drawn maps to
answer about 600 questions a month
from developers and environmentalists,
said Larry McKinney, the agency's re
source protection director.
"We have all this information in our
department, but getting it to people and
responding to those 600 inquiries a
month has been very difficult,” McKin
ney said.
"If you have a computer and a tele
phone modem, wherever you are, you'll
be able to call in and get this informa
tion/' he said. "It's a simple thing, but
unbelievably important.”
Andrew Sansom, parks and wildlife
executive director, said the department
is trying to quit concentrating on partic
ular species.
"What we need to do is focus on eco
logical systems, and that's what this pro
gram will enable us to do,” Sansom said.
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Col. Joseph Graf, district engineer for
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