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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, February 19, 2014 INCIDENTS Acadia NP Man Seriously Injured In Ice Climbing Accident On February 16th, a 33-year-old Maine man fell while ice climbing with two friends, sustaining a fractured back in a fall that was estimated to have been about 20 feet. Rangers Richard Rechholtz and Chris Wiebush, members of Mount Desert Island SAR team, and members of Bar Harbor Fire and EMS reached the man via a trail and a closed section of roadway and carried him out. A contributing factor to the accident was the decision to climb on soft, thin ice. [Stuart West, Chief Ranger] 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): Valley Forge NHP - Valley Forge National Historical Park hosted three commemorative events over the Washington's Birthday weekend, including a snowy winter Boy Scout encampment for nearly 700 scouts. Fort Scott NHS - On Saturday, February 8th, volunteers and students from Fort Scott Community College's theater department presented a program featuring women and war at Fort Scott National Historic Site. Denver Service Center - Larry Beal, a project manager with DSC's Design and Construction Division, will retire on February 28th following 35 years of service with the National Park Service. 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). --- ### --- |