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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, November 20, 2014 INCIDENTS Rocky Mountain NP Search Continues For Missing Climber Search efforts continued yesterday on Longs Peak for P.J., 25, of Broomfield, Colorado, who failed to return from a Sunday climb on Longs Peak. Search efforts focused mainly below the tree line due to hazardous conditions above 11,500 feet, including extreme winds. Teams searched drainages leading to the north and east from Longs Peak and employed spotting scopes from a distance to search other areas, including the Ledges and Trough along the Keyhole Route, Kiener's Route and Lambs Slide. A dog team was used to search from P.J.'s vehicle, his last known point. Aerial operations were again not possible due to high winds and gusts. No signs of him have yet been found. The park's SAR team was assisted yesterday by the Alpine Rescue Team, Larimer County Search and Rescue, Diamond Peak Ski Patrol, Search Dogs of Colorado and the Colorado Search and Rescue Board. Park staff have also been working with the US Air Force Rescue Coordination Center on cell phone tracking, but no significant information has been obtained that would influence the search. There were thirty-two people involved in the overall search efforts again yesterday. Park rangers would like to hear from anyone who was in the Longs Peak area on Sunday, November 16th. Please call (970) 586-1204. [Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer] Yellowstone NP Woman Sentenced To Five Years In Jail For Marijuana Possession A woman who was caught with about 260 pounds of marijuana in her possession in the park has been sentenced in federal court. D.W. of Bowden West Virginia, was sentenced to 60 months in jail for possession with intent to distribute approximately 118 kilograms of marijuana and for aiding and abetting. Rangers contacted D.W. for camping illegally in her recreation vehicle. During the contact, they smelled marijuana and asked her if she had anymore. D.W. responded she had approximately 260 pounds in the back of the RV. [Investigative Services Branch] 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): Glen Canyon NRA - Invasive quagga mussels were recently identified in sampling locations between Glen Canyon Dam and Lees Ferry. Staff remain hopeful that the river current and sediment in the water below the Paria River will restrict how far they can expand and colonize downstream. Today's Almanac - Up to three feet of additional lake effect snow will fall across the eastern Great Lakes region today. Temperatures across the eastern half of the country will remain well below-normal. Ozark NSR - Ozark National Scenic Riverways hosted its second annual Wounded Warrior Mobility Impaired Managed Hunt on November 8th and November 9th. Big Bend NP - In late October, rangers guided a special six-day-long, 72 mile journey through the remote Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande to honor a group of veterans. Northeast Region - A new southern gateway for the New England National Scenic Trail was recently dedicated in a ceremony in Guilford, Connecticut -- the southernmost point of the 215-mile-long trail. Washington Office - Ronnie Emery, a tribal historic preservation officer and tribal government liaison for the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., passed away on November 6th. Golden Gate NRA - The most seasoned law enforcement officer in the Department of the Interior is retiring. After 45 years in federal law enforcement, Sam Eddy, former U.S. Park Police officer and current park ranger, will retire at the end of November. Denver Service Center - Mike Eissenberg has been selected as the chief of Denver Service Center's Technical Branch. He will oversee quality assurance, technical support, compliance and permitting. 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). --- ### --- |