NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, January 24, 2011

INCIDENTS

Acadia NP

Nighttime Skier Dies On Park Carriage Road

D.R., 52, of Mount Desert, Maine, died while cross country skiing in the park last Saturday night. According to D.R.'s wife, he left home shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday evening to ski the Eagle Lake loop of the park's carriage roads and was expected to return home in about an hour. When he failed to return home by midnight, his family became concerned and began a search for him. They searched for several hours, then contacted Bar Harbor PD just before 4 a.m. The park was notified shortly thereafter and rangers began a hasty search of carriage roads by snowmobile. They were soon joined by volunteers from Mount Desert Island Search and Rescue and Friends of Acadia volunteers who searched on skis, on snowshoes, and by snowmobile. D.R.'s body was found around 6:45 a.m. by Stuart West, the park's chief ranger, on the Paradise Hill section of the carriage road system. The cause of death has not been determined. The overnight low was -8 degrees. [Stuart West, Chief Ranger]

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/):

Natural Resource Program Center - The Natural Resource Program Center has developed a new, comprehensive database to help ocean and coastal parks deal with marine invasive species.

Natural Resource Program Center - The Council for the Conservation of Migratory Birds is seeking nominations for the 2011 Presidential Migratory Bird Stewardship Award.

Department of the Interior - The Department of the Interior has issued a call for nominations for its annual awards recognizing employees for outstanding efforts in the field of crime victim services. The awards will be given in conjunction with National Crime Victims' Rights Week in April.

Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings and the status of legislation pertinent to the NPS. Included in today's summary are House and Senate hearings on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and three new bills introduced in the House.

Office of Communications - Secretary Salazar has announced that Sal Lauro, current chief of the U.S. Park Police, will become his senior advisor, and that Teresa Chambers will resume her position as chief per the final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board.

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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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