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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, April 15, 2014 INCIDENTS Chickasaw NRA Missing Boater's Body Found In Lake On Saturday, April 5th, a boat with three people aboard sank near The Point area of Lake of the Arbuckles. A fisherman was able to rescue two of them, but the third, a juvenile, disappeared under the water. Two days later, rangers and Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers who were continuing their search for the missing boy found his body around 11 a.m. Participating in the three-day search were personnel from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Dive Team and Lake Patrol, the Sulphur Fire Department, and the Oklahoma Department of Fish and Game. [Aaron Shandor, 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): Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs - A major milestone has been reached in the reintroduction of federally-endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, which are now occupying the Great Western Divide for the first time in over 100 years due to recent efforts by state and federal agencies Visitor and Resource Protection - Mike May, who has served as the safety and occupational health program manager for the NPS since August, 2008, has been selected as the chief for the Office of Risk Management. Jean Lafitte NHP&P - The park, the National Park Trust, and the local community, including elementary school students, teamed up recently to plant trees at Chalmette Battlefield and Chalmette National Cemetery. Monocacy NB - A Park Day event sponsored by the Civil War Trust helped get Monocacy National Battlefield ready for its 150th anniversary events this coming summer. US Park Police - The United States Park Police hosted a K-9 narcotics detection training school graduation ceremony for five law enforcement officers from the country of Georgia on Friday, April 11th. Statue of Liberty NM - On April 3rd, an active shooter presentation specifically designed for NPS employees and partners was given at Ellis Island. The program explained what to do if they are ever faced with this type of situation. 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). --- ### --- |