NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

INCIDENTS

Petersburg NBP

Live Civil War Shells Found In Search Of Relic Hunter's Home

On February 10th, National Park Service rangers, Fish and Wildlife Service rangers, special agents from both agencies, and two officers from the City of Petersburg served a search warrant on a known relic hunter. Numerous items dating back to the Civil War period were found in his home, including live Civil War shells. The Virginia State Police ordnance disposal unit was contacted to handle the explosives. The case is on-going. For additional information, click on the link below. [Lew Rogers, Superintendent]

HYPERLINK "http://progress-index.com/possible-live-civil-war-artillery-shell-found-during-search-on-home-1.1103009#ixzz1DavRgqGm" http://progress-index.com/possible-live-civil-war-artillery-shell-found-during-search-on-home-1.1103009#ixzz1DavRgqGm

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 Communications - The President's FY 2012 budget, released yesterday, includes a request of $2.9 billion for the Service. The request continues vital support for critical national recreation and conservation missions in support of the Administration's America's Great Outdoors initiative.

Grand Canyon NP - Six young adults from Denver and Atlanta are currently replacing inefficient lighting with state-of-the-art bulbs and fixtures in Grand Canyon National Park - part of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded project called GREEN (Green Renewable Energy Efficiency Network). Photo.

Northeast Region - The awards recognize outstanding contributions to cultural resource stewardship in three categories — one for a park superintendent, one for a facility maintenance specialist, and one for a cultural resource specialist.

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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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