Deputy Director Erika Woods Recognized for 20 Years of Service to Rabies Task Force
At last week’s meeting of the Cape Cod and Southeast Massachusetts Rabies Task Force (CCSMRTF), Erika Woods, Deputy Director of the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment, was presented with an award for 20 years of dedicated service to the program. Pictured left to right: Brian Bjorklund, Assistant District Supervisor, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services, Erika Woods, Deputy Director, BCDHE, Zak Mertz, CEO, New England Wildlife Centers, Karl von Hone, retired Director of the Yarmouth Department of Natural Resources & Founding Task Force Member, Ryan Bevilacqua, Wildlife Biologist, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services, Alexis Sigillo, Rabies Wildlife Technician, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services.
The Cape Cod Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) Program, which began in 1994 under the CCSMRTF, is praised as one of the longest running, increasingly successful projects to control rabies in the country.
Congratulations Erika!
