NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

INCIDENTS

Boston Area Parks

Security Measures Heightened Following Bombings

Additional reports have been received on the status of Boston NHP and Boston African American NHS following Monday's bombings. Here's how things stood on Tuesday:

The Bunker Hill Monument was closed to climbing, but the Bunker Hill Museum and Lodge was open.

The USS Constitution was closed and will remain closed to public visitation until further notice.

National Park Service ranger-guided tours of the Black Heritage Trail, the Freedom Trail, and Boston's Trails to Freedom were canceled.

The African Meeting House, the Abiel Smith School, and the Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center were closed, but the Faneuil Hall Visitor Center and the Great Hall within Faneuil Hall were open to the public.

Ranger patrols have been stepped up at Bunker Hill and other NPS sites in Boston. Officers from the Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police Department and officers from surrounding communities are stationed outside Faneuil Hall. The Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center and the African Meeting House will likely reopen today with ranger guided tours resumed. [Sean Hennessey, 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/):

Office of Communications - Assuming her responsibilities as the 51st Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell began her first full day in the office on Monday, meeting some of the Department's more than 70,000 employees.

The White House - President Obama has directed that all United States flags be lowered to half staff from now until sunset on April 20th as a mark of respect for the victims of Monday's bombings in Boston.

Alaska Region - The National Park Service has released Alaska park compendiums for 2013. These are compilations of all designations, closures and restrictions imposed under the discretionary authority within the regulations covering national park areas.

Office of Communications - The NPS has created two new national landmarks -- the Wade Tract Preserve in Thomas County, Georgia, and Zumwalt Prairie in Wallowa County, Oregon.

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