NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, February 7, 2008

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INCIDENTS

No incident reports received.

OTHER NEWS

The following stories (among others) can be read on the following sites:

InsideNPS (internal) - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index

NPS Digest (external) - HYPERLINK "http://www.npsdigest.gov/" http://www.npsdigest.gov/

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Assateague Island NS - On January 28th, the park held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Barrier Island Visitor Center in Maryland, which will serve both Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park.

Wind Cave NP - Forty-five GPS radio collars were recently placed on elk in Wind Cave National Park as part of the fourth year of an on-going study to learn about elk movement patterns in the southern Black Hills.

Intermountain Region - Denny Sutherland, structural fire management officer for Intermountain Region, retired on February 1st after more than 20 years with the National Park Service.

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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).

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