NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

INCIDENTS

Saguaro NP

Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Collision

On the afternoon of February 10th, a Harley Davidson collided head-on with a pickup truck on Sandario Road, killing the motorcycle's operator, a 36-year-old airman from Davis Monthan Air Force Base. He was heading northbound on the road when he drifted into oncoming traffic and collided with the southbound pickup. Picture Rocks Fire Department paramedics conducted CPR at the scene before the man was flown by Lifenet helicopter to University Medical Center trauma unit, where he was pronounced dead. The elderly couple in the truck were taken by ambulance to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries and later released. The Pima County Sheriff's Department is conducting the lead investigation. [Paul Austin, Acting 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/):

Nicodemus NHS - A recent public lecture and panel discussion at the City College of New York kicked off a student effort to come up with ways to better protect and interpret Nicodemus NHS, the only surviving western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

Office of Communications - President Obama's FY 2013 budget, released yesterday, requests $2.6 billion to support the Service's critical national recreation, preservation and conservation mission.

Geologic Resources Division - The Geologic Resources Division has issued a call for project proposals from NPS units and central offices for fall/winter 2012 Geoscientists-in-the-Parks positions.

NPS LETC - An advisory has been issued on possibly defective ammunition following an injury inflicted on a ranger during weapons training. Particulars on the type of ammunition and the action to be taken are provided.

Northeast Region - Eileen White has been selected as the human resource manager for Northeast Region.

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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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