NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

INCIDENTS

No new incident reports have been received.

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/):

Natchez Trace Parkway - On February 23rd, officials from the Natchez Trace Parkway signed a major NAGPRA repatriation agreement officially transferring custody of 124 Native American remains and over 200 funerary items from the custody of the NPS to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Workplace Enrichment - Workplace Enrichment is starting a Servicewide network to help engage student employees. All NPS students, as well as employees interested in student employee development, are asked to complete a brief survey. A link is provided.

Northeast Region - Four eastern regions have released a document entitled "Rapid Response to Insect, Disease & Abiotic Impacts: Procedures to Protect Forest Integrity in Units of the National Park System within Eastern Forests."

Shenandoah NP - The 1700-acre Smith Run Fire in Shenandoah National Park has been contained. The closures associated with the fire have been lifted.

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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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