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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, April 27, 2012 INCIDENTS Amistad NRA Man Involved In Armed Standoff Sentenced On February 13, 2010, C.H. and a female companion led officers from several agencies in a vehicle pursuit, reportedly with shots fired, through the city of Del Rio and then into Amistad NRA (click on HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Incidents&id=4959" this link for the original report). After their vehicle became stuck, they ran into the brush and an armed standoff ensued for two and a half hours. It ended when a Texas DPS ranger shot C.H. in the wrist. As a result of this incident, C.H. was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On April 23rd, C.H. was sentenced in federal court to 72 months in federal prison (with credit for time served), three years supervised release, and $100 in court costs. [Regina Klein Dissler, 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/): Office of Communications - The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution have announced a new partnership to share responsibility for selected National Park Service natural history collections, making them more readily available to researchers through the Smithsonian. Fire and Aviation Management - On March 26th, one US Fish and Wildlife Service and seven NPS students began the process of becoming certified instructors for the A-312 water ditching and survival course in a training session at Big Cypress. Office of Communications - The NPS and the Trust for Public Land recently announced the addition of 58 acres of biologically diverse lands in the Maho Bay area of Virgin Islands National Park. Alaska Region - William J. "Bill" Nancarrow, 91, a former ranger and maintenance worker in Alaskan parks, passed away on April 15th. Servicewide Training Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation, plus online training. Added to this week's calendar is a class on NAGPRA in the parks that will be held in Florida in June. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |