NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, January 23, 2015

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):

Land Resources Division - During the current Civil War sesquicentennial, which began in 2011 and concludes this year, over 80 tracts of land or interests in land totaling over 2,300 acres have been protected through acquisition or other means in 17 Civil War affiliated park areas. 

Crater Lake NP - The Oregon Governor's Office of Film and Television Film has presented an award to the park's staff for their contributions to advancing the film and television industry in the state.  

Northeast Region - The Velo Rangers Bicycle Team, comprised of NPS employees, friends, and family, is seeking new members. Over the past two years, the team has raised over $10,000 for charity.  

Natural Resource Stewardship and Science - Mike Whatley, chief of the Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Office of Education and Outreach, retired earlier this month after nearly 45 years of service with 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).

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