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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, October 21, 2014 INCIDENTS No reports received. 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): Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP - Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park marked the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Cedar Creek -- the last major battle in the 1864 Valley Campaign -- over four days in October. Natural Resource Stewardship and Science - One of the NPS sustainability goals is to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from employee commuting. You can help the Service measure progress towards meeting this goal by participating in a survey on your commuting habits. Fire Island NS - Educators from across the New York metropolitan area participated in Fire Island National Seashore's October 5th shoreline dynamics educator's workshop. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP - Sixteen Boy Scouts, led by an Eagle Scout candidate, completed improvements to the National Park Service's Four-Locks outdoor shooting range in late September. Saguaro NP - In an ongoing effort to improve Saguaro National Park's sustainability, the park has established a “Green Banana” award for effective efforts to reduce energy usage. Lassen Volcanic NP - Darlene Koontz, superintendent at Lassen Volcanic National Park, will retire on October 31st with 31 years of 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). --- ### --- |