NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

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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/):

Glen Canyon NRA - The park and several of its partners recently wrapped up a National Park Foundation Active Trails grant-funded program focused on improving overall community wellness by connecting local Native American youth and adults to the park through engagement in land- and water-based outdoor recreation activities.

Sagamore Hill NHS - The boardwalk at Eel Creek, irreparably damaged by Hurricane Sandy in October, 2012, has been replaced and has reopened to the public.

Office of Human Resources - The January 2014 issue of HR News to Use is now available online. A link is provided to the most recent edition.

Glen Canyon NRA - Tug Kangus, the longest serving pilot in the National Park Service, Department of Interior and federal civilian workforce, has retired after an aviation career of over 50 years.

Southeast Region - David Horne has been selected as the regional chief ranger for Southeast Region. He comes from Intermountain Regional Office, where he was branch chief for law enforcement and ranger activities.

Blue Ridge Parkway - Steve Stinnett, who has served as chief ranger at Blue Ridge Parkway since 2009, is hanging up his flat hat on January 11th.

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