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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, February 11, 2014 INCIDENTS Salem Maritime NHS Demonstration Against Power Plant Held In Park A group of almost 400 local residents, environmental activists and concerned citizens recently gathered at Salem Maritime National Historic Site to protest the planned development of a natural gas power plant in the town of Salem. The peaceful protest featured banners, homemade wind turbines, music, and an array of colorful signs highlighting related issues, including climate change, clean air and renewable energy. Demonstrators gathered opposite the steps of the U.S. Custom House and walked the length of historic Derby Wharf to pose for pictures with the existing Salem Harbor coal-fired power plant in the background. The proposed power plant would be constructed outside of the federal boundary of the park, but would be visible within the park's waterfront viewshed. Law enforcement rangers and staff monitored the protest throughout the afternoon in conjunction with the Salem Police Department. The Saturday afternoon protest was the largest First Amendment activity in the park in recent years. It was conducted under the terms of a First Amendment permit. [Jonathan Parker, Public Information Officer] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Olympic NP - Two controlled blasts were used last month to continue the process of notching and lowering the Glines Canyon Dam, another step in the continuing restoration of the Elwha River. Only 30 feet of the once 210 foot-high dam remain to be removed. Office of Communications - Director Jarvis yesterday announced four new appointments to his senior leadership team - regional directors for Alaska and Northeast Regions and an associate director and a chief of public affairs in the Washington Office. Intermountain Region - David Vela, currently the associate director for workforce, relevancy and inclusion in the Washington Office, has been named superintendent of Grand Teton National Park. He will begin his duties in about six weeks. Sleeping Bear Dunes NL - Dan Krieber, the administrative officer at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, retired on January 3rd almost 40 years after his first day with the National Park Service. United States Park Police - A Park Police officer and her canine partner attended a Washington Humane Society event earlier this month, showing Park Police support for the society's officers and educators. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ 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). --- ### --- |