NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, February 15, 2013

INCIDENTS

Chiricahua NM

Drug Smuggler Caught And Arrested

On the afternoon of February 6th, rangers heard radio traffic regarding a Border Patrol pursuit that was entering the park and joined in the response. After passing the entrance station and travelling about a half mile into the park, the driver took the vehicle off road before bailing out and fleeing on foot. The vehicle was found to be loaded with marijuana. The driver was taken into custody inside the park by Border Patrol officers and the US Attorney's Office has accepted the case for prosecution. The marijuana was estimated to weigh approximately 100 pounds. [Matt Stoffolano, Chief Ranger, Southeast Arizona Group]

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/):

Northeast Region - Earlier this month, Director Jarvis spoke at the annual meeting of the Alliance of National Heritage Areas' Congressional reception, summarizing the findings of a recent study of economic impacts of National Heritage Areas that found that nationwide they account for $12.9 billion in economic activity, 148,000 jobs, and $1.2 billion in tax revenue annually.

Intermountain Region - Intermountain Region's Office of Indian Affairs and American Culture hosted its first annual National Environmental Policy Act /Section 106 training and tribal historic preservation officer meeting during the last week of January. The conference included 21 participants representing 16 American Indian tribes.

Training and Conference Calendar - The following were added to this week's calendar - a marijuana interdiction and tactics course in California in April, fee supervisor training in Colorado in April, and a webinar later this month on background investigations for fee collection personnel.

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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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