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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, October 25, 2012 INCIDENTS St. Croix NSR Landowner Residing Within Park Drowns In River The Chisago County Sheriff's Department dispatched rangers, deputies and local fire and ambulance units to a location near Taylors Falls on the St. Croix River in response to a report of a drowning just before midnight on Sunday, October 14th. The first units arrived to find that a man had been pulled from the river and that CPR was in progress. He was transported to St. Croix Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Investigation revealed that the 52-year-old man, a landowner within the park's boundary whose property is encumbered by an NPS scenic easement, was removing a privately-owned dock from the river when the towrope broke, the dock hit him in the head, and he fell into the river. Riparian landowners within the park are allowed to maintain seasonal private docks via an approved Army Corps of Engineers docking permit. However, this dock was being maintained as a private dock according to a special court order specific to this particular stretch of the river. [Scott B. Carrigan, Acting 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/): Everglades NP - On October 19th, a refurbished 41-foot Nike Hercules missile shell was transported to its new permanent home at the historic Nike Missile Site HM-69, located within Everglades National Park. Northeast Region - The new park film at Adams National Historical Park is the result of decades of effort and includes the talents of numerous Hollywood stars. Risk Management Division - The fall 2012 issue of Public Risk Management News is now out. A link is provided to the PDF newsletter. Office of the Comptroller - Jennifer Madello has been selected as the Service's deputy comptroller. She will represent the NPS at the departmental level as the budget officer and will oversee all branches of budget in the comptroller's office. Northeast Region - Tarona Armstrong, currently the chief of interpretation at William Jefferson Clinton Boyhood Home NHS, will be joining the Northeast Regional Office staff, where she will serve as a management assistant. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |