NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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INCIDENTS

Lake Mead NRA

Rangers Rescue Two Men Whose Boat Sank

Rangers rescued two 64-year-old Las Vegas fishermen last Saturday night after their boat sank in the Virgin Basin, four miles southeast of Echo Bay. The park received the report via cell phone around 8 p.m. Winds at the time were gusting to 45 mph and the air temperature was 36 degrees. Rangers launched a rescue boat from Callville Bay and began their search of coves in the north end of the Virgin Basin. The sunken boat was found with just its bow above water, but there was no sign of the two men. They were found on the shore of Ramshead Island and were suffering from hypothermia. One of the men saved the other by pulling him about a half mile to shore. It took about four hours to find the pair. Both men were wearing lifejackets. [Andrew S. Muñoz, Public Affairs Officer]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. The internal, NPS-only version of InsideNPS can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index . The public version, called NPS Digest, can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/

Governor's Island NM - On December 11th, representatives from the NPS, Office of Surface Mining and UN came together to plant five American chestnut trees on Governors Island, the first of 38 million trees expected to be planted over the next three years as part of a pledge by OSM to be part of the UN's “Seven Billion Tree” campaign.

NPS Law Enforcement Training Center - New procedures for state and local officers for flying armed on commercial aircraft do not apply to federal officers.

Park Facility Management Division - David Park, Servicewide accessibility program manager, will retire on January 3rd after 29 years with the National Park Service.

Natchez Trace Parkway - D. Craig Stubblefield is retiring after 33 years of federal service, the last twelve years at Natchez Trace.

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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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