NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, January 3, 2011

INCIDENTS

Yosemite NP

Rockfall Temporarily Closes Highway 140

A large rock fell onto Highway 140/El Portal Road late on the morning of December 30th, blocking all traffic from entering or exiting the park on that route and closing the road. Both Highways 120 and 41 into and out of the park remained open. The rock, which fell approximately a half mile east of Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, just inside the park's boundary, was estimated to be from 10 to 15 feet high, six feet wide, and four feet deep. There were no injuries and no damage to property. The road was cleared and reopened the following day. [Kari Cobb, Public Affairs Officer]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

Colorado NM - Colorado National Monument kicked off its centennial year with a fireworks display on New Year's Eve - the first of a number of events to be held throughout 2011.

Wilderness Stewardship - Park Science is soliciting contributions for the winter 2011-2012 issue dedicated to the interface of science and wilderness stewardship. The deadline for abstracts is January 6th.

Point Reyes NS - Ranger Bruce Dombrowski retired on December 31st after a career of more than 33 years with the National Park Service. A farewell gathering is planned for January 12th.

Grand Canyon NP - Seven NPS employees took part in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure in San Diego walk in late November. Through torrential rains and brief periods of warm sunshine, the employees walked 60 miles over three days along with approximately 4,000 other walkers. Photo.

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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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