NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

INCIDENTS

Glen Canyon NRA

Armed, Suicidal Man Taken Into Custody Without Incident

Ranger Moses Rinck, Utah State Park rangers and San Juan County deputies were dispatched to a report of a suicidal man in the concessioner housing area at Halls Crossing, a marina located on Lake Powell, on the evening of January 11th. He reportedly had a firearm and intended to commit suicide. Rinck and the Utah State Park rangers responded by boat from Bullfrog while the San Juan County deputies responded by land. The rangers and officers coordinated the joint response while en route to Halls Crossing. Upon arriving at the concessioner residence, they located the man inside the house and a handgun outside on the front porch. After securing the handgun, they took him into protective custody without incident. He was highly intoxicated. [Lindy Mihata, Assistant Chief Ranger]

Natchez Trace Parkway

Women Killed In Single-Car Accident

C.S., 27, of Florence, Alabama, was traveling southbound on the parkway near milepost 310 when her 1999 Nissan Altima left the road, struck a tree, and landed upside down in Bear Creek. Rangers, Colbert County deputies, Colbert County Emergency Medical Agency and Dive Team personnel, Cherokee Police Department officers, the Colbert County coroner, Air Evac Helicopter and Emergency Medical Services, the Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department, and the Cherokee Rescue Squad all responded. C.S. did not survive. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. [Terry Wildy, Acting Chief of Interpretation]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS:

International - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is increasing awareness of the enormous variety of life on our planet and raising the profile of threatened species by launching the IUCN Red List ‘Species of the Day' on its website. Each day throughout 2010, a different species will be featured.

Publications - The current issue of The George Wright Forum addresses the future of the NPS ethnography program.

Office of International Affairs - The Office of International Affairs has launched a new forum on InsideNPS to share information and answer questions about the World Heritage program and other international issues.

Bryce Canyon NP - Superintendent Eddie Lopez is retiring after 33 years with the National Park Service. Photo.

Chaco Culture NHP - A fire recently burned down the home of Douglas Norbeto, a member of the park's preservation crew, and caused the death of one of his children. A fund has been established to assist the family.

To see these and other stories posted on InsideNPS (or NPS Digest, its public version), click on one or the other of the following links (please note that not all stories in the former appear in the latter):

NPS employees: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index

Non-NPS employees: HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/

NPS serious incident submission standards can be found at the following web site: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/waso/custompages.cfm?prg=45&id=8728&lv=2&pgid=3504" http://inside.nps.gov/waso/custompages.cfm?prg=45&id=8728&lv=2&pgid=3504

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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