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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, December 11, 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): National Capital Region - Robert “Bob” Vogel, a 33-year veteran of the NPS, has been selected as regional director for National Capital Region. He is currently the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks. US Park Police - Robert D. MacLean has been selected as the new chief of the U.S. Park Police. He will manage a workforce of over 700 employees with an annual operating budget that exceeds $100 million. New Bedford Whaling NHP - The park's Junior Rangers recently explored the history of New Bedford whaling ships in the Civil War. Twenty-four of them were sailed to Charleston Harbor and sunk as part of a Union plan during the Civil War to blockade the South. Today's Almanac - A series of strong frontal systems will bring heavy rain, snow and high winds to the West Coast from the Canadian to Mexican borders. Biological Resource Management Division - A new two-hour-long interactive online course, "Orientation to National Park Service Integrated Pest Management," provides an overview of the laws, policies, and philosophy of the NPS integrated pest management program. Everglades NP - In celebration of Veteran's Day, Everglades National Park partnered with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on November 10th to host the park's first naturalization ceremony. Denver Service Center - After 34 years of federal service, Hugh Duffy has announced that he will retire on December 27th. Hugh is a project manager in DSC's Design and Construction Division. Intermountain Region - Karl Pierce, a 26-year veteran of the NPS, has been named superintendent of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Pierce is scheduled to begin his new assignment on December 14th. 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). --- ### --- |