NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, April 11, 2013

INCIDENTS

Natchez Trace Parkway

Bicyclist Killed In Accident

On the evening of Tuesday, April 9th, emergency responders were dispatched to an accident involving a motor vehicle and a bicyclist on the parkway near milepost 77. G.W., 52, of Bay Minette, Alabama, was riding his bicycle north on the parkway when he was struck by a Nissan Versa driven by Norris Edney, 52, of Clinton, Mississippi. G.W. was pronounced dead at the scene. The roadway was closed for approximately four hours as a park reconstruction specialist analyzed the scene. The investigation is expected to take several weeks to complete before a cause can be determined. Agencies assisting with the accident and investigation include the FBI and the Hinds County Sheriff's Department and Coroner's Office. [Sarah Davis, 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/):

Office of Communications - Strategies to strengthen the work of the National Park Service as it prepares for its centennial in 2016 are included in a report that was released yesterday by the National Park System Advisory Board.

Castillo de San Marcos NM - On Tuesday, April 2nd, Florida Governor Rick Scott and his full cabinet visited Castillo de San Marcos as part of a week-long celebration of the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon's landing in “La Florida.”  

Office of Communications - President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget requests $2.6 billion to support the National Park Service. The budget provides a net programmatic increase of $26.1 million over 2012 to fund essential programs and emerging operational needs, plus $30.5 million in fixed cost increases.

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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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