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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, December 4, 2006 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Technical Recovery Of Wrecked Vehicle From Canyon While responding to an unrelated medical call on the Bright Angel Trail, the crew of a park helicopter spotted a vehicle 600 feet below the canyon rim near an area known as the Abyss late on Thursday, November 16th (click on “More Information” below for the original report). A body was round nearby. The victim's remains were recovered on the following day, but it took a little longer to arrange the extrication of the car. On November 30th, park SAR personnel, assisted by a heavy-lift Kaman Aerospace KMAX helicopter, removed the wreckage of the Chrysler Crossfire from the canyon. The vehicle was owned by Alamo Rent-A-Car, which agreed to pay for the cost of the salvage operation. The Crossfire weighed about 3,200 pounds. The KMAX, which employs a unique intermeshing rotor technology with two counter-rotating main rotors and no tail rotor, was specifically designed for heavy lifting work and was already scheduled to be in the park for a major maintenance project. [Ken Phillips, Chief, Emergency Services] HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewincidentsarticle&type=Incidents&id=2998" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewincidentsarticle&type=Incidents&id=2998 Death Valley NP Unexploded Bomb Found In Park On November 1st, the Saline Valley campground host advised the park that campers had found an unexploded bomb while hiking about three miles south of the Springs area. The bomb appeared to be unexploded military ordnance, with some type of aircraft wing pod lying nearby. Ranger/pilot Ed Forner found the items and is working with park resource management staff and the Department of Defense to recover them. This incident occurred while park superintendent JT Reynolds was hosting a desert managers group meeting and discussing ordnance and plane debris recovery with military commanding officers. [Nancy Wizner, Chief Ranger] OTHER NEWS Other news from today's edition of InsideNPS, the National Park Service's home page: Servicewide - The National Park Service has launched an ocean park stewardship action plan - a comprehensive plan that will focus the organizational and scientific capacity of the NPS on conserving marine, estuarine and Great Lakes resources. Natural Resources Program Center - The Natural Resource GIS and Metadata Data Store has changed its name to the NPS Data Store. It's a one-stop shop for both NPS staff and the public to discover and learn about available NPS information resources through a web interface. Petersburg NB - On the evening of November 11th, Poplar Grove National Cemetery was the location of a luminary event to commemorate the cemetery's 140th anniversary. Cuyahoga Valley NP - Tim Atkinson will retire from Cuyahoga Valley National Park on January 2nd after more than 27 years of service with the National Park Service. Big South Fork NRRA - The park is advertising for a GS-0341-12 chief of administration. To link to InsideNPS, click on HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/ * * * * * Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA. --- ### --- |