NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, February 11, 2011

INCIDENTS

Grand Canyon NP

Visitor Falls To Her Death Off South Rim

Park dispatch received a report of a missing woman in the vicinity of the Yavapai Geology Museum on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 9th. The caller said that he'd gone to the men's room and was unable to find his wife when he returned. About an hour later, rangers spotted a body, believed to be that of the missing woman, about 600 feet below the rim just east of the museum. Due to waning light and quickly dropping temperatures, a decision was made to wait until Wednesday morning to send rangers in to recover the body. It was then flown to the rim and turned over to the county medical examiner. [Shannan Marcak, Public Affairs Specialist]

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/):

Golden Gate NRA - The National Park Service last month issued a draft environmental impact statement for dog management in Golden Gate NRA, marking the culmination of a nine-year planning process. Comments are being accepted until April 14th.

Cultural Resources - Palo Alto Battlefield NHP, assisted by Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance, has employed civic engagement to identify the stakeholders of nearby natural and cultural resources on both sides of the border and work with them to determine suitable preservation strategies. Photo.

Northeast Region - During the National Leadership Council meeting in Washington yesterday, Director Jon Jarvis and Northeast Regional Director Dennis Reidenbach presented Adams NHP Superintendent Marianne Peak with a 50 year service award. 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 Communications and 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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