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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, December 1, 2014 INCIDENTS Mount Rainier NP Park Reopens After Temporary Closure Due To Flooding On November 25th. heavy rain falling onto significant new snowpack filled park creeks and rivers, creating dangerous conditions throughout the park. During this rain-on-snow event, a logjam formed just above the Kautz Creek culverts on Nisqually Road, causing the creek to divert over the road. At 11 a.m. the road was closed to the public and all visitors in the Longmire area and nonessential park staff were evacuated from the park via an alternate route. The park road crew worked throughout the afternoon to remove the logjam and return the creek to its channel. Measures were also taken to protect park infrastructure from Nisqually Entrance to Paradise - pumping water out of basements and keeping culverts free of debris. The Nisqually Road reopened to the public at 8:00 am on November 26th. Photos of the event are available on the park Flickr site, found at the link below. HYPERLINK "https://www.flickr.com/photos/mountrainiernps/sets/72157649461747061/" https://www.flickr.com/photos/mountrainiernps/sets/72157649461747061/. [Patti Wold, Park Information Officer] 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): Minute Man Missile NHS - Minuteman Missile opened its new visitor center to the public last Monday. The 7,700-square-foot structure is a major upgrade from the temporary facilities that the park occupied over the past twelve years. Today's Almanac - An arctic cold front will bring exceptionally cold air to the central Great Plains and Great Lakes regions. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP - A two-day event entitled “Landscapes of Hope,” commemorating the 150th anniversary of Man and Nature, George Perkins Marsh's seminal work on environmental stewardship, was held in the park in late November. Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation - The Husqvarna Group has donated chainsaws and supplies valued at $10,000 to support the National Park Service's Arborist Incident Response (AIR) program. Great Smoky Mountains NP - Lynda Carter, secretary for facility management division at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will retire on January 2nd after celebrating 50 years with the federal government. Acadia NP - Richard Rechholtz, a ranger at Acadia National Park, is retiring after 31 years of service to the National Park Service, the last 27 at Acadia. 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). --- ### --- |