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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, September 5, 2012 INCIDENTS Cuyahoga Valley NP Man Arrested For Growing Marijuana In Park While on patrol in late July, rangers discovered a marijuana grow site on park property. Electronic surveillance was conducted on the plot and the surrounding area for several weeks. On the morning of August 25th, rangers saw a man tending the plants. Shortly after he left the area, he was arrested by rangers without incident. The Cuyahoga Falls Police Department is assisting the park with the prosecution. The man is being charged with possession of marijuana and cultivation. [Carl Dyer, Law Enforcement Specialist] Lake Mead NRA Ranger Intervenes In Attempted Suicide Ranger Greg Johnson was responding to a report of a vessel in need of assistance on the afternoon of August 24th when he came upon a jet ski without on an operator. As Johnson approached, he saw a man without a life jacket struggling in the water. After pulling the man from the water, Johnson recognized he was highly intoxicated. During the interview that followed, Johnson realized that there was more going on here than just a person operating a jet ski under the influence of alcohol. The man admitted that he'd tried to kill himself and that he'd been in the water for an extended period of time. Prior to launching his jet ski, the man had altered the safety cutoff switch and cord to his PWC and donned a backpack full of rocks, intending to jump off well out into the lake. When he jumped, he hit at such a high rate of speed that the backpack flew off. Johnson's immediate intervention is credited with saving this man's life. [Mary Hinson, Chief Ranger] Lake Mead NRA Fisherman Drowns Near Temple Bar Around 3 a.m. on Sunday, September 2nd, park dispatch received an emergency call reporting that a man had disappeared while attempting to recover his fishing lure from the lake at Temple Bar. Rangers because a search for the victim, a 49-year-old man who'd been fishing from shore in the Temple Bar Marina area when his fishing lure became snagged on some vegetation. After several attempts to release it from the shore, he entered the water to free it. A short time later, witnesses reported hearing calls for help, splashing, then silence. Rangers found and recovered his body from about six feet of water. [Kevin Turner] 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/): Ozark NSR - Young citizen scientists at three local schools have joined with researchers to track the migration of monarch butterflies as part of the park's “Butterfly Project.” This year, students learned that one of the monarchs they'd tagged had been found in Mexico. Cabrillo NM - Cabrillo National Monument recently hosted 37 US Navy petty officers who are participating in the Commander Navy Region Southwest's CPO Legacy Academy. Harpers Ferry Center - Rick Jones, HFC interpretive planner, will be hanging up his ranger hat on October 2nd after 34 years of service in the nation's land management agencies. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |