NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

INCIDENTS

Grand Canyon NP

Body Recovered From Below South Rim

The Arizona Department of Public Safety contacted the park on Monday afternoon and advised that a man might be on his way to the park with the intent of harming himself. With no information available to narrow the search, rangers began looking for the man or his vehicle throughout the South Rim from Hermits Rest through Grand Canyon Village and out to Desert View. Around 5:30 p.m., rangers spotted what appeared to be a body about 400 feet below the rim a few miles east of Duck on a Rock on Desert View Drive.  The body was recovered and transferred to the Coconino County medical examiner. An investigation into the incident is being conducted. [Shannan Marcak, Public Affairs Specialist]

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 - Chief Ranger Bonnie Foist lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday, February 20th. A celebration of her life will be held in the park on Saturday, March 16th.

Lowell NHP - During the week of February 17th, Lowell National Historical Park hosted Kids Week, a week-long, citywide partnership event held during school vacation. Nearly 1,000 children from Lowell and surrounding communities were in attendance at programs offered by the park.

Selma to Montgomery NHT - Barbara Tagger, NPS historian, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Harriet Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award.

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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@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov).

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