NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, December 2, 2011

INCIDENTS

Colonial NHP

Suicide Victim Found Near Colonial Parkway

Rangers received a report of a shooting on the Colonial Parkway near the Fusilier's Memorial late on the morning of Wednesday, November 30th. Upon arrival, they were directed to a short trail adjacent to the parking lot, where they found the victim of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 36-year-old Yorktown man was pronounced dead at the scene. Rangers will be conducting an investigation in conjunction with the York County Sheriff's Office. [Steven Williams, 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/):

National Parks of New York Harbor - On November 25th, the National Park Service held a special daylong celebration to honor Castle Clinton's 200th anniversary. The fortification was built between 1808 and 1811 and served as a defense of New York Harbor during the War of 1812.

Office of Policy - The NPS Arrowhead Pride Committee has added a number of new items to the arrowhead store for this year's holiday season. A link is provided.

Grand Canyon NP - On Tuesday, November 22nd, Grand Canyon National Park passed the final inspection necessary to become the nation's second StormReady national park.

Denver Service Center - Ed Nieto is retiring on December 31st following 35 years with the National Park Service. He is currently an architect and illumination specialist for DSC's Design and Construction Technical Branch.

Pacific West Region - June Jones, regional web coordinator for Pacific West Region, will be retiring on December 31st after 35 years of federal service, including 27 years with the NPS.

Servicewide Training Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation, plus online training. The following are new additions to this week's calendar - an online wilderness minimum requirements analysis course, three new FLETC training offerings, and an introduction to volunteer program management at Redwood N&SP.

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The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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