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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, August 11, 2014 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Body Found Below South Rim On Wednesday, August 6th, searchers found a body several hundred feet below the rim of the canyon at a location where a visitor was last seen on August 2nd. A search was begun that day for M.B., 36, who was last seen hiking along the South Rim west of Grandview Point. The body was recovered Thursday morning and turned over to the county medical examiner for positive identification. [Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski, Public Affairs Officer] Hot Springs NP Tree Falls On Ranger Patrol Vehicle Rangers Stephen Dale and Ryan Howell were spared serious injury last Friday night when an 80-year-old oak tree came crashing down on their cruiser as they patrolled the Gulpha Gorge area of the park. Due to the amount of damage to the recently-acquired Interceptor SUV, the only way out of the vehicle was for the passenger to climb out of the driver's side door. Other than having glass on them, neither was injured. The patrol vehicle received extensive damage. [John Hughes, 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): National Capital Region - National Capital Region's Youth Engagement Office recently hosted two youth summits with Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The summits celebrated the breadth and diversity of summer experiences for youth in the national parks. Today's Almanac - Today's weather notes and remembrances from National Park Service history. Thunderstorms are possible today from the Texas Panhandle to the Deep South and in northern California and southern Oregon, where red flag warnings have also been posted. [Internal only] Office of Communications - Director Jarvis will host his next monthly webchat at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, August 20th. This webchat will focus on what the NPS is doing to address climate change in the parks. [Internal only] Office of the Comptroller - The FY 2013 NPS Scorecard is now available. This version of the Scorecard introduces a new, easy-to-access, web-based version of Scorecard reports. 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 Service. This report covers activities in Congress for the week ending August 8th. Glen Canyon NRA - Jeff Kracht, district ranger for the Escalante District in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, retired on July 31st after 29 years of service 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). --- ### --- |