NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, March 11, 2010

INCIDENTS

Cape Cod NS

Body Found Near Park Lighthouse

Rangers were contacted by Provincetown PD on March 8th and advised that they'd received a 911 call from a local resident who had found a body in the tidal flat area behind the Wood End lighthouse while out walking his dog. Rangers responded and found the body, which had evidently been at the site for several tide cycles. The victim was a man in his 40s, with no identifying marks or features and no ID. A Provincetown detective and paramedic, a Massachusetts state trooper, and members of the Massachusetts State Police crime scene unit were transported by four wheel drive vehicles to the site. Although there were some indicators on the body, the cause of death has not been determined and he has not yet been identified. Several leads are being investigated. The body was released to the state medical examiner. District ranger Craig Thatcher is leading the investigation for the NPS. [Bob Grant, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

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

Washington Office - The White House has released a video of presidential visits to the first national park. The video, entitled “Mr. President Goes To Yellowstone,” includes footage of both President Obama's visit last summer and those of other presidents before him. A link is provided.

Office of International Affairs - The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's World Commission on Protected Areas has launched a new website featuring a particular park or protected area around the world each day. A link is provided.

Workforce Management - Over 30 dedicated NPS CORE PLUS conflict resolution mediators and facilitators joined other DOI bureau conflict resolution specialists for advanced skills training and strategic planning in Jacksonville, Florida, in mid-January. Photo.

Intermountain Region - The Visitor and Resource Protection Division in Intermountain Regional Office recently awarded the first Intermountain Chief Ranger Excellence Award to Andy Fisher, chief ranger at Grand Teton National Park. Photo.

Fire and Aviation Management - The recipients of the 2009 National Park Service fuels and ecology awards were announced at the Fire and Aviation Management Workshop in San Antonio, Texas, last month. Photo.

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/notify" http://inside.nps.gov/notify

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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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