NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, April 28, 2008

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INCIDENTS

Hawaii Volcanoes NP

Park Reopens As Winds Blow Sulfur Dioxide Away

Trade winds returned to the area on Friday morning, blowing the sulfur dioxide filled plume away from developed and visitor areas. Due to diminished gas levels, it was therefore possible to reopen the park. The park resumed normal operations at 1 p.m. that afternoon. It had been closed since last Thursday. [Mardie Lane, Public Affairs Officer]

Glen Canyon NRA

Plane Damaged In Landing At Closed Backcountry Airstrip

A private plane was damaged last Thursday morning when the pilot attempted to land it at a closed backcountry airstrip just north of Zahn Bay on the San Juan Arm of Lake Powell. The single engine 2008 Husky aircraft evidently ran off the closed runway, causing it to flip. The pilot sustained minor injuries in the accident. He was flown by another private aircraft to a hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. The passenger in the damaged aircraft was uninjured. The National Park Service, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, and the San Juan County Sheriff's Office are investigating the incident. [Kevin Schneider, Public Affairs Officer]

Natchez Trace Parkway

Pursuit Ended Through Use Of Taser

Around 10 p.m. on the evening of Friday, April 18th, ranger Ryan Balentine and trainee Derek Biasiolli contacted the occupants of two vehicles parked outside the Port Gibson facilities near milepost 39, where break-ins have occurred in the recent past. One of them - K.M., age 31 - had been drinking, and possessed both an open container and codeine without a prescription. K.M. was nervous and would neither stand still or remain where he was told to stand. At this time, ranger Jerome Timmons and trainee Tim Svem arrived to assist and began to interview K.M.. K.M. then removed his jacket and fled on foot, running northbound on the parkway. During the chase rangers, saw K.M. remove and discard an item from the small of his back. He also ignored repeated commands to stop. Timmons used his taser to the pursuit. K.M. was arrested on multiple charges. [Allen Etheridge, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

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

Channel Islands NP - Two bald eagle chicks hatched earlier this month on Santa Cruz Island, bringing the population of the birds residing in the park to nearly 40. Eagles disappeared from the islands in the 1960s, but the population is slowly recovering through the restoration efforts of the park and its partners.

HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6432" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6432

Denver Service Center - The Park Planning and Special Studies Division has posted a revised General Management Planning Dynamic Sourcebook on the internet.

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6426" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6426

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=6433" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/headline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=6433

Colonial NHP - On April 19th, more than 150 people attended a ceremony at the park's Historic Jamestowne marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Germans to English North America.

HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6416" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=6416

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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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