NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, April 29, 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):

Office of Communications - The Marjory Stoneman Douglas House in Miami has been designated a national historic landmark. Douglas was one of the most influential environmentalists of the last century and a key player in the protection of the Everglades.

Gulf Islands NS - Gulf Islands National Seashore has joined with the University of West Florida to establish the Gulf Islands Research and Education Center. The partnership was launched with a signing ceremony on April 14th.

Air Resources Division - This week is Air Quality Awareness Week. Celebrate by learning about air resources in the national park system through a new, free, on-line class, “Air Resources in National Parks.”

Northeast Region - Kym Hall has been selected as the superintendent for Colonial National Historical Park. She replaces former Superintendent Dan Smith, who retired at the end of 2014.

Apostle Islands NL - Former Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Chief of Protection Gregory F. Zeman, 59, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 26th.

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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