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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, March 18, 2014 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Visitor Dies In Fall From South Rim Park dispatch received a report that a man had fallen off the South Rim near El Tovar Lodge around 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 15th. Rangers Peter Maggio and C.J. Malcolm rappelled approximately 350 feet down to his location and attempted to resuscitate the 53-year-old Texas man, but their efforts were unsuccessful. His body was flown from the scene via helicopter short haul. An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service in coordination with the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office. Ranger Edward Foss served as the incident commander. [Brandon Torres, Branch Chief of Emergency Services] 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 - Tides of Change, a new Science Minute Video produced by the North Coast and Cascades Science Learning Network, documents ongoing scientific monitoring at Olympic and explores how climactic changes are altering the conditions and chemistry of the Pacific Coast's rocky intertidal zone. Park Cultural Resources - Guidance on cultural resources and fire is now available online. Although residing in RM-28A, the Archeology Resource Manual, the scope of the guidance includes all NPS categories of cultural resources and all types of fire situations. Office of Communications - The National Park Service has awarded more than $33.8 million in grants from the Historic Preservation Fund to help states and territories preserve and protect our nation's historic sites. War in the Pacific NHP - The recipient of this year's education program award from the Association of Partners for Public Lands was Pacific Historic Parks, the park's cooperating association, for its “Education on Wheels” program. 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). --- ### --- |