NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, December 23, 2013

INCIDENTS

No reports received.

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's InsideNPS. To see the full text, 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 Morning Report web page ( HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/):

Southeast Utah Group - The Southeast Utah Group's Christmas float won this year's best entry trophy in the city of Moab's Christmas Electric Light Parade on Saturday, December 7th.  

Glacier NP - Since 2003, the staff and volunteers at Glacier National Park have been using a fleet of 27 bicycles for transportation throughout the park, thereby reducing the park's overall carbon emissions.

Cuyahoga Valley NP - Rangers from Cuyahoga Valley National Park have just completed a fourth year of involvement with the local Fraternal Order of Police chapter's "Shop with a Cop" program.

Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the National Park Service. This report covers activities in Congress for the week ending December 20th.

Pacific West Region - Jim Richardson has been selected as superintendent of War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam and American Memorial Park in Saipan. 

Kennesaw Mountain NBP - Nancy Milton, administrative officer at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, will be retiring on January 3rd after a 37-year career with the federal government.

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The Morning Report is 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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