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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, December 30, 2014 INCIDENTS Denali NP&P Two Killed In Head-On Collision On the morning of Monday, December 22nd, the park was notified of a fire stemming from a vehicle collision on the George Parks Highway at Milepost 236. Rangers arriving on scene found two vehicles fully in flames and blocking all traffic. The head-on collision involved an SUV and pickup truck travelling in opposite directions. The drivers and sole occupants of the each of the vehicles perished in the collision and fire. A multi-agency response was needed to extinguish the fires, investigate the accident scene, extricate the drivers, and reopen the highway. Assisting agencies included McKinley Village Volunteer Fire Department, Tri-Valley Fire and Rescue, Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Department of Transportation, Wasilla Police Department, Anchorage Police Department and Dispatch, NPS Alaska Regional Communication Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks Police and Fire Dispatch, and South Central Alaska Public Safety Dispatch. An investigation into the accident is underway. [J. Dan Abbe, Backcountry District Ranger & Wilderness Coordinator] 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): Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP - The C&O Canal Trust celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Canal Quarters program this past November. The program consists of historic lockhouses that have been restored and furnished with period objects and interpret six different time periods in canal history. Each is open to overnight guests. Today's Almanac - Cold, arctic air will continue to spread through the upper Midwest and northern and central Great Plains, bringing temperatures of 20 to 30 degrees below normal. Yosemite NP - The third session of the Yosemite Leadership Academy was held during the first week of December. The weeklong training session was the third of the four modules which comprise the leadership academy curriculum. Historical Documentation Programs - The sixth annual Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Challenge is now underway. Submissions are solicited that document modernist landscapes unique to different regions of the country. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP - Martin Gallery, law enforcement lead ranger at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, will retire on January 3rd after 38 years of government service, all but two of them with the National Park Service. Chickasaw NRA - Rosalind Sorrell has announced that she will be retiring on January 2nd after more than 32 years with the National Park Service. Ozark NSR - Richard Shockley will be retiring at the end of December after 14 years working at Ozark National Scenic Riverways as an engineering equipment operator. Fort Frederica NM - Mary Beth Wester, superintendent of Fort Frederica National Monument, will retire from the National Park Service on December 31st. National Mall - Ranger Skip Miller is retiring on December 31st after 24 years working for the National Park 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). --- ### --- |