Contacting
the Office:
Detroit
Metropolitan Airport
International Terminal -- Wildlife Inspection Office
Room 221 Mezzanine
Detroit, MI 48242
Phone: 734-247-6800
Fax: 734-247-6805
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)
Email: Detroit@fws.gov or MidwestNews@fws.gov
Office Facts
• Established:
1986
• Staff: two
Wildlife Inspectors one Evidence Custodian
• In addition to
the airport, the Wildlife Inspector is responsible
for wildlife shipments through the Detroit Windsor
Tunnel, rail and ocean cargo terminals, foreign mail
facilities and several other border ports between the
United States and Canada
• The Detroit
Metro Airport Wildlife Inspection program is
administered by the Chicago Wildlife Inspection
Office
Law Enforcement
Objectives
•
To protect and conserve native and foreign wildlife
through the enforcement of federal laws
• To promote and
encourage voluntary compliance with federal wildlife
laws through public education and the creation of a
deterrent effect
Law Enforcement Briefs
•
Detroit Metropolitan Airport is a non-designated and border port
for wildlife importations and exportations
• Detroit
Metropolitan Airport is the 14th busiest airport in
the world and the seventh busiest in the United
States
• Detroit
Metropolitan Airport is a major hub for Northwest
Airlines and is regarded as the gateway to the Orient
• Upon completion
of a new international terminal, the airport will be
capable of accommodating 3,000 international
passengers per hour
• The port of
Detroit encompasses the Ambassador Bridge, the
busiest international crossing in the United States
• The port of
Huron encompasses the Blue Water Bridge, the third
busiest international crossing in the United States
Laws Enforced
•
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
• Bald and Golden
Eagle Protection Act
• Lacey Act
• Endangered
Species Act
• Marine Mammal
Protection Act
• African
Elephant Conservation Act
• Wild Bird
Conservation Act
• Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
