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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, January 19, 2011 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon National Park Traffic Stop Leads To Significant Drug Seizure Ranger Will Jaynes stopped a vehicle on South Entrance Road for a speeding violation on the evening of December 21st. While talking with the operator, Jaynes smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Once the two occupants exited the truck, the driver was asked how much marijuana he had in the truck; he responded that he had a pound. The exact amount came to 594.9 grams of individually packaged marijuana. Also found in the truck were a scale and $5,440 in cash, some of it packaged in $1,000 amounts. Rangers are working with Investigative Services Branch special agents on the case. Several felony charges are being filed, including possession of a controlled substance and distribution. [Aaron Titus, Village Shift Supervisor] 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/): Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - The Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs has prepared a summary report on NPS-related actions taken by the 111th Congress, which concluded at the end of last year. Office of Sustainable Tourism - A family from Boston is about to set off on a year's journey to visit all 58 national parks in the system, beginning in Washington, D.C., and ending in Alaska. Photo. Buffalo NR - Wilderness Fellows at Buffalo National River arranged for a group of Marshallese students - former residents of the Marshall Islands now residing in Arkansas - to visit the park for two days of canoeing and hiking this past October. Photo. NPS Alumni - Joseph T. Avery, who retired in January 2005 from the position of superintendent at Manhattan Sites, has passed away. Delaware Water Gap NRA - Carla Beasley has been named the new chief of interpretation, education and partnerships at Delaware Water Gap. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |