NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, December 28, 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/):

Department of the Interior - A $20 million federal grant has been made to the state of Missouri for improvements that will better connect city residents and tourists visiting St. Louis with the urban parkland around the base of the Gateway Arch.

Fire and Aviation Management - The December edition of Wildland Fire News has been published and is now available online. This month's issue highlights the NPS fire science and ecology program.

Mount Rainier NP - Ranger Peter Maggio has received the U.S. Coast Guard's certificate of valor for a rescue he performed in the summer of 2010.

Intermountain Region - Tom Forsyth, contracting and agreements officer for Intermountain Region, will retire on December 31st after more than 30 years of federal service.

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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 ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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