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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, March 8, 2007 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Guadalupe Mountains NP Ground Search For Missing Plane Suspended The week-long ground search for a missing plane and pilot came to a conclusion on Wednesday. All high probability areas were searched, but no sign of a crash site was found. The search began on February 28th, when an RV-6 piloted by J.W. disappeared from radar over a remote section of the park. The intensive search involved park staff, Texas Highway Patrol officers, and Civil Air Patrol and Texas Department of Public Safety aircraft. Routine patrols will continue to search for signs of the downed plane, and specific areas will be checked as new intelligence is developed. The Civil Air Patrol will continue an aerial search. [Peter Pappas, Incident Commander] OTHER NEWS The following stories can be read on either the InsideNPS web site (if you are within the National Park Service) or at the InsideNPS public ‘news digest' site (if you are outside of the NPS). The web sites appear below: Fort Pulaski NM - Report on an interesting living history event in which 200 re-enactors commemorated the “Immortal 600” (Confederate prisoners) by living in similar conditions. Glen Canyon NRA - The National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management have terminated the development of an environmental assessment for a proposal to drill an exploratory oil and gas well in the Circle Cliffs area of the park. Nez Perce NHP - A 120-acre scenic and conservation easement has just been added to the Bear Paw Battlefield. WASO Budget - A new version of OFS goes on-line next Monday. Servicewide - Robert A. DeForrest, 72, co-founder and president of a historic preservation institute that worked with the NPS to locate landmarks throughout the United States that reflected African American history and culture, died of aspiration pneumonia February 23rd.
For more information, go to InsideNPS ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/) or NPS Digest ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/). * * * * * Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov, 570-426-2430). --- ### --- |