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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, March 21, 2014 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Kayaker Dies On Colorado River On the evening of Tuesday, March 18th, park dispatch received a call via satellite phone reporting a fatality on the Colorado River. The victim, a 31-year-old man, was part of a private river trip of nine self-supported kayakers nearing the end of a 12 day river trip. C.J. of Portland, Oregon, was discovered capsized and unresponsive in his kayak near river mile 189, also known as the Lower Whitmore Camp. Members of the group attempted CPR, but all attempts to resuscitate C.J. were unsuccessful. Due to the time of day and approaching darkness, rangers were not able to fly into canyon until Wednesday morning, when they recovered the body. An investigation in the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner. [Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski, Acting Public Affairs 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): National Mall and Memorial Parks - The National Cherry Blossom Festival, one of the nation's great springtime celebrations, opened yesterday on the first day of spring. It will continue through Sunday, April 13th. Parashant NM - The International Dark Sky Association has bestowed International Dark Sky Park status on Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Andrew Johnson NHS - A reenactor from the American Historical Theater in Philadelphia recently presented her portrayal of Sojourner Truth to over 500 local seventh and eighth graders. James A. Garfield NHS - A ceremony was held in the Ohio State Capitol last week recognizing President Garfield as a “Great Ohioan.” The framed state senate and house resolutions will hang in park headquarters. Upcoming Training Calendar - Added to this week's updated calendar are two offerings of a course on interdisciplinary resource protection and law in Hawaii in May. 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). --- ### --- |