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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, April 9, 2015 INCIDENTS Redwood N&SP Man Arrested For Theft Of Campground Fees Early on the morning of Monday, April 5th, law enforcement rangers from California State Parks and the National Park Service conducted a surveillance operation at Jedidiah Smith Campground, which had seen a string of thefts of money from the campground's “iron ranger” over the past two months. A surveillance camera was put up in the area and within a day a man was seen on camera stealing money envelopes from the iron ranger. On April 5th a team of seven rangers from both the national and state parks surveyed the area and were able to catch him in the act of stealing money envelopes. The man and an accomplice were arrested and charged with grand theft, possession of burglary tools, and possession of methamphetamine. The man admitted that he had stolen over $5,000 from the campground over the last two months. He has a long history of theft and burglaries and admitted that he had previously been caught in a national park in Utah for doing the same thing and been sentenced to six months in federal prison. [Greg Morse, North District Supervisory Park Ranger] 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): Centennial and Communications Offices - The Find Your Park public awareness campaign successfully kicked off on Thursday, April 2nd, with a launch event in New York City. It continues today and tomorrow with an event in Los Angeles. Office of Communications - Earlier this week, Director Jarvis heard from the citizens of Waco, Texas, regarding the community's vision for preserving, protecting and enhancing the Waco Mammoth Site. Death Valley NP - Death Valley National Park's management team has been recognized by the Department of the Interior for its accomplishments in being designated an International Dark Sky Park. Big South Fork NRRA - Christopher Derman has been selected as chief of interpretation and education for both Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area, and Obed Wild & Scenic River. 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). --- ### --- |