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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, April 14, 2014 INCIDENTS Lake Roosevelt NRA Ailling Dog Found And Rescued On Wednesday, April 2nd, the park received a phone call from the daughter of a man who had been walking his dog in the Hawk Creek area, which is close to Fort Spokane. The caller said that the dog had gotten stuck in some mud and she thought it had expired from a stroke. She wanted to know if they could drive out to where the dog was located and retrieve its body. A Fort Spokane ranger attempted to contact the daughter by phone the next day but was not able to reach her and did not receive any return call. He searched the area around Hawk Creek, but could not find the dog. Over the weekend, rangers checked the area on numerous occasions. On April 7th, park visitors who were hiking in the area to go fishing found the dog alive. The place where the dog was located was not easily visible from any trail. A maintenance worker and two rangers freed the dog, described as a large Labrador mix, placed it in a wheeled cart, and pulled the cart about a half mile to the road (concern for cultural resources precluded the use of motorized vehicles). The rangers provided water to the dog and it was able to drink. The daughter arrived and said she was taking the dog to a vet for treatment. [Marty Huseman, 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): Morristown NHP - More than 2,000 people celebrated New Jersey's 350th anniversary and the state's role in the American Revolution during Morristown National Historical Park's annual encampment weekend on April 5th and 6th. Carl Sandburg Home NHS - Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site recognized the winning entries from the 2014 Carl Sandburg Student Poetry Contest on the evening of April 4th. This annual contest is open to students in grades three through twelve. Office of Communications - Director Jarvis will host his next monthly webchat this coming Wednesday. It will be held at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. He will talk about plans for the coming NPS centennial. Capitol Reef NP - The staff of Capitol Reef National Park took time out of their day to spring clean the park after a long cold winter. Eighteen staff members from all divisions joined together to prepare the park for the busy summer season. 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 April 11th. Steamtown NHS - Mark Birtel, supervisory facility operations specialist at Steamtown NHS, will retire on April 30th after a 22-year career 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). --- ### --- |