NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

BLACKBERRY EDITION

Monday, December 12, 2005

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INCIDENTS

Acadia NP

Death of USFWS Special Agent

While on patrol on Schoodic Point on the morning of December 8th, rangers discovered the body of a local US Fish and Wildlife Service special agent. The 37-year-old agent was known to regularly use the area for his fitness training, and, based on his attire, he had just completed a morning run when he apparently suffered a significant cardiac event. No foul play is suspected. A joint investigation is in progress by the Maine State Police, USFWS and the National Park Service. The NPS is assisting the USFWS with line of duty death protocols and CISM. (Ed Pontbriand, Schoodic District Ranger)

Delaware Water Gap NRA

Arrest for Multiple Wildlife Violations

On November 28th, rangers were running a deer decoy operation near a cemetery along Zion Church Road in the southern end of the park when a man drove up the road in a pickup truck, stopped his truck in the middle of the road, and immediately shot at a decoy white-tail deer from inside the vehicle. The rangers' investigation showed that in addition to the illegal hunting, the man was driving on a suspended license, had open containers of beer in the truck, and had a .075% BAC based on a preliminary breath test. He was charged with numerous hunting and other violations. [Chris Kross]

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Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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