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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, February 22, 2007 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Saguaro NP Probable Suicide On Park Trail A Tucson area 911 dispatcher received an anonymous phone call around 6:30 p.m. on February 19th reporting a body at the trailhead for the Desert Discovery Trail. A Pima County deputy was first on scene and found a man's body with a gunshot wound to his head. A 9mm pistol was lying nearby and a suicide note was found on his person. The 911 call was later traced back to him. Although seriously wounded, he was still alive. EMS care was provided by local fire district paramedics and he was flown by life flight helicopter to a Tucson area hospital. He died there at 8 p.m. Although the case remains under investigation, all evidence supports suicide as the cause of death. [Bob Love, Chief Ranger] OTHER NEWS Other news from today's edition of InsideNPS, the National Park Service's home page: Jewel Cave NP - The park's annual lint removal project is underway. Concessions Management - NPS concessioners with fewer than 100 employees are eligible to apply for a national small business recognition award. The deadline for applying is Friday, March 23rd. Wildland Firefighting - News story: In a survey released Tuesday, 60 percent of the full-time wildland firefighters responding said they would retire or otherwise cut back their fire management roles for the upcoming fire season...one of the first concrete signs of the fallout from prosecution of an IC who lost four firefighters on the Thirtymile Fire in 2001. NWCG - The National Wildfire Coordinating Group's wildland urban interface (WUI) fire working team has elected Alan Dozier of Georgia as its chair. Indiana Dunes NL - Midwest Region has issued a vacancy announcement for the superintendent's position at Indiana Dunes NL. 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. --- ### --- |