[Nhcoll-l] Import/export glitches - Part 4 (Canada)

[Ellen Paul]

I have just been reminded that when flying out of the following Canadian 
airports:

Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal-Trudeau
Halifax Stanfield

You clear Customs and Immigration IN CANADA.

That means that when you arrive in the U.S., even if you are flying into 
a designated wildlife port, you are not going to go through Customs upon 
arrival and won't have any way of declaring your wildlife import and 
having it cleared (and inspected) by USFWS.

There are no USFWS inspectors at these airports and it is highly 
unlikely that you would be able to get a designated port exemption for 
an airport in Canada because there are no nearby USFWS offices where 
there might be someone available to meet you at a nondesignated port.

So IF your import is one that requires a permit (MBTA, ESA, CITES, MMPA, 
Lacey Act), then your options are:

a) ship
b) if you have a very good relationship with the inspectors at your 
nearby designated wildlife port, ask if they will meet you upon arrival 
in the U.S. to clear/inspect your shipment
c) have Customs clear the shipment and then immediately, without opening 
the box, arrange to have it re-cleared and inspected by a USFWS Law 
Enforcement inspector in an office near you
d) request a designated wildlife port exemption for one of the Canadian 
border ports and drive across:

http://www.fws.gov/le/canadian-border-ports.html

*Canadian Border Ports*

You may use the following ports to import or export wildlife (including 
parts or products) whose origin is Canada or the United States. You may 
not use these ports if the wildlife requires a permit under 50 CFR Part 
16 (injurious species 
<http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=831b46a08a741991e5cbdb228924b926&rgn=div5&view=text&node=50:1.0.1.2.10&idno=50>), 
Part 17 (endangered and threatened species 
<http://www.fws.gov/endangered/>), Part 18 (marine mammals 
<http://www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/animals/marine_mammals.html>), 
Part 21 (migratory birds 
<http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsPolicies/mbta/mbtintro.html>), 
or Part 23 (CITES species 
<http://www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/Permits/web_list_cites.html>).

*Alcan, AK*
Contact designated port of Anchorage 	*_Houlton, ME_*
Contact designated port of Boston
*_Blaine, WA_* <http://www.fws.gov/pacific/lawenforcement/portbl.html>
9925 Pacific Highway
Blaine, Washington  98230
Phone: (360) 332-5388   Fax: (360) 332-3010 	*_International Falls, MN_*
Contact border port of Minneapolis/St. Paul
*_Buffalo, NY_* <http://www.fws.gov/northeast/le/amherst>
405 N. French Road  #120 B
Amherst, New York  14228
Phone: (716) 691-3635   Fax: (716) 691-3990 	*_Jackman, ME_*
Contact designated port of Boston
*_Calais, ME_*
Contact designated port of Boston 	*_Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN_* 
<http://www.fws.gov/midwest/LawEnforcement/directory.htm#Minnesota>
7150 Humphrey Drive,  Suite 2186
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55450
Phone: (612) 726-6302   Fax: (612) 726-6303
*_Champlain, NY_* <http://www.fws.gov/northeast/le/champlain>
237 West Service Road
Champlain, New York 12919
Phone: (518) 298-4825  Fax: (518) 298-4708 	*_Pembina, ND_* 
<http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/law/inspector_ND.html>
10980 Interstate 29 North @ Border Pembina Port of Entry
Pembina, North Dakota  58271
Phone: (701) 825-6366  Fax: (701) 825-6368
*_Cleveland, OH_*
Contact border port of Detroit 	*_Portal, ND_*
Contact border port of Dunseith
*_Derby Line, VT_*
Contact designated port of Boston 	*_Port Huron, MI_* 
<http://www.fws.gov/midwest/LawEnforcement/directory.htm#Michigan>
2321 Pine Grove Avenue,  Suite 2201
Port Huron, Michigan  48060
Phone: (810) 985-9160  Fax : (810) 985-9163
*_Detroit, MI_* 
<http://www.fws.gov/midwest/LawEnforcement/directory.htm#Michigan>
2599 World Gateway Place,  Bldg. 830
Detroit, Michigan 48242
Phone: (734) 247-6800   Fax: (734) 247-6805 	*_Raymond, MT_*
Contact border port of Sweetgrass
*_Dunseith, ND_* <http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/law/inspector_ND.html>
RR1, Box 115
Dunseith, North Dakota 58329
Phone: (701) 263-4462  Fax: (701) 263-4463 	*_Sault Sainte Marie, MI_*
Contact border port of Detroit
*_Eastport, ID_*
Contact border port of Blaine 	*_Sumas, WA_*
Contact border port of Blaine
*_Grand Portage, MN_*
Contact border port of Minneapolis/St. Paul 	*_Sweetgrass, MT_* 
<http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/law/inspector_Sweetgrass_MT.htm>
P.O. Box 165
39825 Interstate 15
Sweetgrass, Montana  59484
Phone: (406) 335-4350  Fax: (406) 335-4351
*_Highgate Springs, VT_*
Contact designated port of Boston 	





Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: ellen.paul at verizon.net
"Providing Scientific Information about Birds"
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"