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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, September 23, 2014 INCIDENTS Golden Gate NRA Officer Makes Significant Drug Bust US Park Police Officer Eric Cole was on foot patrol on Great Highway, looking for a man who was involved in a rape a few days previously, when he saw a man measuring what appeared to be narcotics on a scale. When Cole contacted him, he attempted to hide the narcotics in the sand. A search incident to arrest revealed that he was in possession of hash oil, methamphetamines , mushrooms, cocaine, heroin, and over-the-counter medications. The narcotics were field tested and revealed a positive result for each of the aforementioned narcotics and/or controlled substance. The weight and value of the seized drugs, confirmed by DEA, were as follows - $700 for an ounce of methedrine, $480 for six grams of cocaine, $100 for a gram of heroin, $100 for eight grams of mushrooms, and $21,720 for 1.2 pounds of hash oil. The total value came to $23,100. The man also had $1,322 in cash in his possession. The man was arrested and charged with possession of felony narcotics for sale, possession of controlled substances, and possession of drug paraphernalia (needle and scale). [Major Noreen T. Schirmer, Commander, San Francisco Field Office] Grand Canyon NP Hiker Dies On North Kaibab Trail On the afternoon of Friday, September 19th, park dispatch received a 911 call from a visitor reporting that a hiker had fallen and was having trouble breathing. Park rangers responded by helicopter and found the man about a half mile below Ribbon Falls on the North Kaibab Trail. A park EMT and two medics were inserted and assisted with CPR, which was already in progress. All efforts to resuscitate the man proved unsuccessful. M.S., 46, of Valparaiso, Indiana, had been on a rim-to-rim extended day hike with his two brothers when he collapsed. Witnesses, who began CPR, reported an immediate loss of consciousness from which he never recovered. CPR efforts continued for over an hour before he was pronounced dead. His body was flown to the South Rim and then transported to the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office in Flagstaff for an autopsy. [Maureen Oltrogge, Public Affairs Officer] Everglades NP Pilot Makes Emergency Landing In Shark Valley During the morning of August 9th, the pilot of a small airplane had to make an emergency landing on the Shark Valley Tram Road due to a possible engine failure. Three men from the ages of 25 to 30 on board. The men, each of whom had a private airline license, were practicing for their commercial license by doing several maneuvers. They were heading back to the Tamiami Airport when the plane lost power over the Everglades. The pilot said that he had visited Shark Valley about a month earlier and remembered the paved road there. He was attempting to land on the popular West Road, but saw visitors walking and biking there so maneuvered the aircraft to the relatively unpopulated East Road. He was able to make the emergency landing by briefly touching the plane down on the road before it went off into the Everglades sawgrass. Everglades rangers and Miami-Dade County and Miccosukee units all responded. There were no injuries. The plane was removed without complications following a NEPA review to determine the safest method to prevent damage to the natural and cultural resources in the area. [Mike Michener, 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): Ocmulgee NM - The park's 23rd annual Ocmulgee Indian Celebration, held last weekend, drew about 16,000 visitors to the park. More than 250 Native Americans, representing over 18 federally recognized tribes, participated in this year's event. Park Planning and Special Studies Division - The Visitor Use Management Council has created a new website. Items currently posted to the site include the council's first position paper on the visitor use management framework, a glossary of key terms, and a list of frequently asked questions. Office of Risk Management - Nine NPS employees, facilitators for Operational Leadership, recently completed this year's fourth presenter skills development program at the Stephen T. Mather Training Center. Northeast Region - Jonathan Meade, who has been serving as acting associate regional director for administration for Northeast Region since May of this year, has been selected as the region's deputy regional director. 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). --- ### --- |