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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, April 8, 2014 INCIDENTS Glen Canyon NRA Injured Solo Climber Rescued From Butte On the morning of April 5th, the park received a 911 phone call reporting that a man had fallen about 30 feet while solo climbing Gregory Butte and that he was hanging about 600 feet above Lake Powell. The climber's camming anchor saved him from falling further. Because of injuries sustained in the fall, he was unable to move from his location. A technical rescue was conducted by rangers Matt Werner and Kean Mihata, assisted by personnel from Kane County Search and Rescue, the Utah Highway Patrol, and Classic Lifeguard and Guardian Air helicopters. He was flown to Flagstaff Medical Center, where he is being treated for head injuries. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Ranger Chris Schreck was IC for the incident. [Denise Shultz, Public Affairs Officer] Delaware Water Gap NRA Body Of Missing Man Found In Park The body of a Pennsylvania man was found near Lake Lenape around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3rd. T.S., 51, had been missing for over a week. He was last seen exiting his vehicle at Resort Point Overlook on Route 611 on Tuesday, March 25th. The park's search and rescue team began a search of the area around Resort Point and Mount Minsi on Friday, March 28th, and continued through the weekend with assistance from the New Jersey State Park Police, New Jersey Search and Rescue, and canine teams from Ramapo Rescue Dog Association. A New Jersey State Police helicopter also assisted. Search efforts yielded no leads and were hampered by weather conditions. The search was called off on Monday, March 31st, but NPS rangers continued to investigate T.S.'s disappearance. T.S.'s body was discovered by a visitor who was hiking in the Lake Lenape area. He'd evidently fallen face down into a creek. The coroner has ruled that his death was accidental, a result of drowning and hypothermia. [Kathleen Sandt, 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): Department of the Interior - From 1938 to 1941, the NPS employed artists via the Works Progress Administration to produce silk screened promotional posters for national park sites. The Department of the Interior Museum is displaying these and other classic posters associated with 36 national parks in a year-long exhibition. Missouri NRR - The park has developed a Mobile Ranger Station - a “visitor center on wheels” - in order to better reach communities along the Missouri River corridor. It has proven highly popular and is in demand for events throughout the region. Rosie the Riveter NHP - Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front recently launched a campaign to collect stories from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender World War II era civilians. Northeast Region - Lowell Kids Week, an annual celebration of family fun and learning, was held across the city and in the park in mid-February. Despite cold and snow, attendance was up substantially from 2013. Morristown NHP - Sarah Minegar, archives technician and museum educator at Morristown National Historical Park, has completed her doctorate from Drew University's Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. 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). --- ### --- |