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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, August 27, 2014 INCIDENTS Golden Gate NRA Rangers, USPP Officers Provide Dignitary Protection Over the past two months, Golden Gate National Recreation Area has been visited by several dignitaries. Their security has been coordinated by the park's Problem Solving Unit (PSU). The park recently hosted President Obama, who utilized Crissy Field as a landing zone for Marine One and support aircraft, including three V-22 Ospreys. Security for his arrival was provided jointly by park rangers, PSU rangers, United States Park Police officers, Secret Service personnel, and San Francisco police. Shortly thereafter, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey and his family visited Alcatraz. This visit was coordinated by the PSU in conjunction with the California Highway Patrol's dignitary protection unit and the New Jersey State Police Executive Protection Unit. This week, Alcatraz was visited by Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and his family. The visit was coordinated by PSU rangers and special agents from the secretary's staff. All operations were successful because of interagency pre-planning and execution and the professional work of park rangers, USPP officers, and the park's PSU. INCLUDEPICTURE "https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET [Chad Marin, Deputy Chief] 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): Lake Mead NRA - Due in large part to the ongoing Southwestern drought, Lake Mead has dropped to a new record low. Despite some media reports, though, it's not dry, and the lake in fact remains one of the National Park Service's most popular destinations. Yosemite NP - Between Friday, July 25th, and Wednesday, July 30th, Yosemite National Park held an event entitled “Sing Peak Pilgrimage: Contributions of Chinese Americans in Yosemite.” Glen Canyon NRA - This past June, a dozen Native American youth took an NPF-funded eight-day, 58-mile rafting trip down the San Juan River. The trip focused on outdoor and natural resource education and resource stewardship projects. St. Croix NSR - St. Croix National Scenic Riverway was recently the beneficiary of two days of hard work from 111 members of the Boy Scouts' Order of the Arrow. Fort Scott NHS - Fort Scott National Historic Site recently partnered with Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area and fellow heritage area partner Island Mound State Historic Site for an event focusing on the Civil War on the western frontier. Intermountain Region - At Dinosaur National Monument, paleontology interns Ben Otoo and Nicole Ridgwell are spending the summer living a dream as they scramble and climb among the remains of the long dead. 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). --- ### --- |