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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, February 18, 2014 INCIDENTS Guadalupe Mountains NP Recovery Continues From Last September's Flooding Progress continues in making emergency repairs to the serious damage inflicted by last September's heavy rains and flash floods. Particularly hard hit were park trails. A weather station located near the park's fire cache registered 15.73 inches of rain between September 9th and 14th, including 13.50 inches over a 24 hour stretch during that period. The park recently reopened the Bear Canyon and El Capitan trails and the Shumard Canyon backcountry campground. With the exception of Williams Road, which leads from Dell City to the Salt Basin Dunes and the Salt Basin Dunes day use area, all park roads, trails and facilities are now open. Park trail crews continue to work on Williams Road, much of which remains under Linda Lake; once they are able to reach it again, they will continue work on the Salt Basin Dunes day use area and Salt Basin Dunes trail. The park has released the ten members of the elite Mexican firefighting crew, Los Diablos, who've been providing assistance in the recovery. The crew has enjoyed a strong relationship with the National Park Service for more than 20 years. Also assisting have been temporary AD trail crew members hired to supplement the park's trail crews in the aftermath of the storm. For more information, see the park's HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/gumo/index.htm" webpage or HYPERLINK "https://www.facebook.com/guadalupe.mountains" Facebook page. [Karl Pierce] 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): Grand Canyon NP - The Grand Canyon Association has received a $1 million donation from Arizona Public Service that will establish an endowment to help preserve and protect the park's trails - one of the most significant private, philanthropic gifts in Grand Canyon's history. Division of Jurisdiction, Regulations and Special Park Uses - As a result of several court decisions, the NPS has revised its regulations concerning First Amendment activities for all parks Servicewide, except for some in National Capital Region. A link is provided to a guidance document. 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 February 17th. Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP - Jim Ogden, chief historian at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, has received the James W. Livingood Historian of the Year Award. NPS Alumni - Donald Heilemann, 84, the audio visual director for National Capital Region for 25 years, passed away on February 7th. 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). --- ### --- |