NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, February 11, 2008

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INCIDENTS

Lake Mead NRA

Teenage Girl Killed In Motor Vehicle Accident

K.R., 16, of Bullhead City, Arizona, died in a single-vehicle accident on the Katherine Spur road during the early morning hours of Friday, February 8th. A security guard from the Lake Mohave Resort and a worker from Waste Management found the vehicle overturned on the side of the road around 5 a.m. that morning and called 911. Bullhead City fire personnel and police officers responded along with rangers. K.R. was pronounced dead at the scene by Bullhead City Fire Department paramedics. An investigation is underway. [Roxanne Dey, Public Affairs Officer]

OTHER NEWS

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

Channel Islands NP - The California brown pelican, one of the first species listed as endangered at the federal level, is a candidate for removal from the list due to its remarkable recovery. The park had just one chick in 1970, but has had as many as 8,000 nesting pairs in recent years.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6215" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6215

Office of Human Resources - The NPS workforce plan is currently available for review. Comments are due by March 7th. A link to the plan is included.

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6214" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6214

Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings and the status of legislation pertinent to the National Park Service.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6216" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6216

Outer Banks Group - Darrell Lee Echols has been selected as the new deputy superintendent for the Outer Banks Group. Photo.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1831" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1831

Denali NP - Joe Durrenberger, Denali's park engineer, has accepted a job with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage, and will begin that new position in mid-February. Photo.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1829" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1829

NPS Alumni - Joe Johnson, retired NPS protection ranger, passed away on Wednesday, February 6th, in Brunswick, Georgia. He was 59.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1830" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=PeopleNews&id=1830

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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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