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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, February 28, 2012 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Woman Killed In 300-Foot Fall On Sunday, February 26th, 2012, park dispatch received a report that a hiker had fallen in Owl Eyes Canyon, which is located on the south side of the Colorado River across from the Tapeats Creek and Deer Creek areas. The park's helicopter was dispatched to the area and discovered the woman's body below a cliff in the Supai rock layer. Rangers then flew to the scene via helicopter, began their investigations, and prepared the body for transport. It was flown to the South Rim and turned over to the county medical examiner. The woman has been identified as 24-year-old I.E.H. of Tempe, Arizona. According to I.E.H.'s husband, she and her hiking had hiked in the area several times before, had acquired a backcountry permit from the NPS, and were carrying a satellite phone. When they missed a regular check in on Saturday evening, he was alerted that there might be a problem. On Sunday, he traveled to their designated pick-up point, where he met her hiking partner, learned of the fall, and immediately notified the park. Initial investigations indicate that the 300-foot fall was accidental. [Shannan Marcak, Public Affairs Specialist] Delaware Water Gap NRA Wanted Man Commits Suicide In Park Rangers on patrol in the Buttermilk Falls area of the park just before midnight on Sunday came upon a white Ford Ranger pickup parked in the falls parking lot, which closes to public use at 10 p.m. When they approached the vehicle, they saw a rope hanging from a large tree limb toward one side of the truck's rear. Behind the truck, they discovered a man's body with the rope tied to a belt around his neck. The New Jersey State Police and the state medical examiner's office were notified and joined the investigation. A records search revealed that the 32-year-old man had an outstanding felony warrant for child molestation and child pornography out against him, extraditable in all 50 states. [Eric P. Provencher, Deputy 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/): Big Cypress NP - Earlier this month, park staff from other divisions got to join resource managers in locating and completing workups on three Florida panther kittens. The Florida panther is an endangered species, with a population of only 100 to 120 cats. Denver Service Center - The Interagency Visitor Use Management Council is searching for volunteers. Particulars are provided on how to submit an application. Office of Communications - The Service has issued grants amounting to more than $80,000 to assist American Indian tribes, Alaska native villages, and museums with implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Montezuma Castle NM - Kathy Davis, superintendent of Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments since 2002, will retire on February 29th. Cabrillo NM - Thomas R. Tucker, former superintendent of Cabrillo NM, passed away on February 24th. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |