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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT BLACKBERRY EDITION Friday, April 7, 2006 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS No new incident reports received. PARKS AND PEOPLE Wrangell-St. Elias NP&P Memorial Service for Jed Davis A memorial service for Jed Davis, former superintendent of Wrangell-St Elias NP&P, has been scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 15th, at park headquarters in Copper Center, Alaska. All are welcome. For those who can't make it, please send a letter or email that we can read at the service. Send them to Vicki Snitzler, Wrangell St-Elias NP&P, PO Box 439, Copper Center, AK 99573, or to HYPERLINK "mailto:vicki_snitzler@nps.gov" vicki_snitzler@nps.gov. [Jane Ahern] Intermountain Region Billy Shott Named Chief of IMRO Branch of Ranger Activities Intermountain Region Chief Ranger Kevin FitzGerald has announced the selection of William "Billy" Shott as the new chief of the Branch of Ranger Activities. This position, which has day to day oversight of regional programs relating to law enforcement, emergency medical services, search and rescue, special park uses, special event teams and uniforms, was vacated by Mark Foust, who relocated to Glacier National Park as chief ranger in early February. Billy Shott is a ten year veteran of the NPS and currently is a senior program manager at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, where he is responsible for managing the day to day activities of NPS employees assigned to train at FLETC. In addition, he has, among other duties, served as the primary coordinator for national field certification and instruction of five disciplines (firearms, defensive tactics, use of force/nlta, driver, and physical fitness) and over 500 advanced topic instructors. Previous supervisory and field park ranger assignments in the visitor use and resource protection arena have included Lake Mead National Recreation Area (NV), Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (UT), Denali National Park (AK), Death Valley National Park (CA). In addition, Billy has had extensive incident management experience with the Alaska, Pacific West and Central Incident Management teams and is a former member of the Pacific West SETT. Billy is a native of Colorado and has a masters degree in physical science from Purdue University. Billy and his wife, Beth, who is a special agent with the National Park Service, will be relocating to the Denver area in mid-May. [Kevin FitaGerald] * * * * * Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA. --- ### --- |