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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, November 24, 2014 INCIDENTS Big Bend NP Boulder Damages Laguna Meadow Trail On November 6th, following heavy rains and a hiker's report of trail damage, the park's trail crew discovered that a large boulder had detached from one of the pinnacles below Emory Peak and had damaged the Laguna Meadow Trail. As part of a larger rock fall, the boulder tumbled about half a mile down the side of the mountain, tore a path through the forest, crossed a section of trail with several switchbacks, crossed a drainage, and ultimately came to rest on the trail. At least 11 segments of trail were damaged by the rockfall and the trail was immediately closed to public use. After examination of the detachment site, consultation with Eric Bilderback of the Geologic Resources Division, and careful assessment of risk, utilizing Operational Leadership principles, the park has concluded that it is safe to reopen the trail. Trail repairs will begin immediately, but the 25-ton boulder will remain on the trail for the foreseeable future. [Don Corrick, Park Geologist] 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): The daily story summary is not included this morning because neither InsideNPS nor the Morning Report have been posted yet due to an IT glitch. Check those websites later today. 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). --- ### --- |