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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, February 21, 2012 INCIDENTS Rocky Mountain NP Visitor Dies While Snowshoeing In Park The Grand County Sheriff's Department received a cell phone call on Saturday afternoon reporting that a 64-year-old man who'd been snowshoeing with a family member in the park had collapsed and was unconscious and not breathing. They were about a third of a mile from the Green Mountain trailhead when the incident occurred. Rangers and area emergency service personnel responded, reaching the man within minutes. They provided advanced medical care but were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. [Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Specialist] Rocky Mountain NP Missing Woman Rescued From Backcountry Late on Saturday evening, rangers learned that a 54-year-old Estes Park woman had not returned from a day trip into the park. A family member found her car at the Bear Lake parking lot and rangers responded. They were at the scene until after midnight but were unable to determine whether she had gone hiking or snowshoeing in the park. Early on Sunday morning, rangers searched the Nymph, Dream and Emerald Lake areas as well as trails leading to Odessa Lake. The woman was found around 10 a.m. roughly three miles up the summer trail to Odessa Lake on the north side of Flattop Mountain. She was breathing but was unconscious and unresponsive. St. Anthony Flight for Life landed in the area within the hour and she was flown to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. [Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Specialist] 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/): Death Valley NP - Death Valley opened the doors to its newly remodeled visitor center this past Thursday. The remodeling, expected to take 18 months, was completed months ahead of schedule. Denver Service Center - DSC recently completed several major projects in the park, including the rehabilitation of all paved routes and associated drainage structures, the repair of Eagle Lake Bridge, and the completion of the majority of the facilities at the Schoodic Education and Research Center. Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the National Park Service. This report covers activities during the week ending on February 17th. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |