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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, January 28, 2014 INCIDENTS Upper Delaware S&RR Fisherman Survives Fall Into Frigid Delaware River A local fisherman survived a fall into the frigid waters of the Delaware River on Monday, January 20th, because he heeded signs and was wearing a lifejacket. J.S., 51, fell overboard from his canoe into the 33-degree water and was barely able to swim to shore. Once onshore, he crawled up the bank of the river and was assisted by a local homeowner. Before launching his canoe, J.S. read a sign on a park bulletin board that said that use of a lifejacket on the river was mandatory between November 1st and April 30th. “This sign saved my life,” he said. Rangers at Upper Delaware spend a great deal of time encouraging both boaters and swimmers to wear their lifejackets and enforcing boating regulations. The new mandatory wear requirement during cold water months was created in an attempt to decrease the number of cold weather boating fatalities due to hypothermia and resulting drowning. [Kevin Reish, Water Safety Program Manager] 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/): Office of Communications - Director Jarvis will host his third national webchat tomorrow. He will discuss the Service's priorities for 2014, particularly as they relate to preparation and readiness for the National Park Service centennial in 2016. Martin Luther King, Jr., NHS - Catherine F. Light, deputy superintendent at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, passed away on Friday, January 24th, after an illness. Carlsbad Caverns NP - The new year began at Carlsbad Caverns with ten permanent and seasonal interpretive rangers participating in a week-long pilot training program called iSWOOP - Interpreters and Scientists Working On-site at Our Parks. Climate Change Response Program - The winter 2013/2014 climate change response newsletter is now out. It contains highlights from programs, regions and parks on climate change activities in 2013. A link is provided to this edition. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |