NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, September 14, 2012

INCIDENTS

Glacier NP

Remains Of Missing Concession Employee Found

The remains of a 19-year-old concession employee, missing since late July, were found by hikers near Hidden Lake yesterday. An autopsy is to be performed to determine the cause of death. The search for J.K. began on July 29th after he failed to return as scheduled from a hike he took the previous day. Park employees, with assistance from North Valley Search and Rescue, Flathead Search and Rescue, Can Am Search and Rescue, Flathead County Sheriff's Office, Lake County Sheriff's Office, and the US Border Patrol, conducted an extensive ground and aerial search for eight days before scaling back efforts. The search area was focused between Hidden Lake and Avalanche Lake, and in the Floral Park area. This area includes some treacherous country filled with rock cliffs, waterfalls, wet and slippery rocks and boulders, and dense vegetation. J.K. was from Michigan and a seasonal employee with Glacier Park, Inc. at Lake McDonald Lodge. This was his first year working in the area. [Denise Germann, Public Affairs Officer]

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/):

Point Reyes NS - Point Reyes National Seashore turned 50 years old yesterday. The park was established on September 13, 1962 by President John F. Kennedy.

Workforce Management - A website has been created for the New Employee Orientation (NEO) initiative. It provides information on how to develop an effective program for welcoming new employees to the Service.

Northeast Region - Sarah Olson, superintendant of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHP, has been selected for a detail as chief of the Northeast Region's cultural resource management programs.

Servicewide Training and Conference Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation, plus online training. Added to this week's listing are the following -- a series of green purchasing webinars this fall, two courses being offered by ANPR at its annual Rendezvous, and two new FLETC offerings.

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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).

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