NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, January 14, 2008

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INCIDENTS

Everglades NP

Search For Missing Man Suspended

On January 3rd, rangers were notified that a missing 46 year-old Tampa man who was despondent over a diagnosis of a severe illness might be in the park. Investigation revealed that he'd stayed in the Flamingo campground on December 16th and that he had not been seen since then. The man's vehicle was found at the Whitewater Bay parking lot. An air and water search was launched on January 4th, with all high probability locations searched until nightfall. On January 5th, a volunteer found the man's canoe on land near Buttonwood Canal. Dogs were brought in late in the day to search the area around the canoe. The operation was suspended at nightfall, but air and ground searchers and dogs resumed looking for the man the next day. No further evidence was found that would provide any additional information on his whereabouts. The search continued for three more days, with ground teams conducting methodical grid searches and cadaver dogs attempting to pick up the scent of a body, before being called off on January 9th. The area where the canoe was found consists of dense tropical forest surrounded by marshland and shallow lakes. Tony Terry was IC. [Robert Gantt, Law Enforcement Specialist]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories (among others) can be read on InsideNPS (internal) or NPS Digest (external):

Albright Training Center - On December 13th, the staff of Horace M. Albright Training Center marked the 50th anniversary of its first graduating class.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6135" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6135

Natural Resource Stewardship and Science - A call has been issued for nominations for awards for outstanding achievements in natural resource for 2007.

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6134" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6134

Yosemite NP - Long-time Yosemite National Park employee and leave share recipient Trish Picardi has succumbed to cancer following a long battle with the disease.

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewcommunityarticle&type=PeopleNews&id=1799" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewcommunityarticle&type=PeopleNews&id=1799

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL - Kevin Kelly retired on January 3rd following 35 years of federal service, 32 of them with the National Park Service - all at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewcommunityarticle&type=PeopleNews&id=1801" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewcommunityarticle&type=PeopleNews&id=1801

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov, 570-686-3828).

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