NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

INCIDENTS

Cape Lookout NS

Visitors And Dog Rescued From Sinking Boat

On Wednesday, September 30th, staff at Harkers Island Visitor Center received a call reporting that a boat that was sinking offshore. No protection division rangers were in the area, so interpretive ranger Cheryl Munyan, who is a certified boat operator, transported local emergency medical technicians in an NPS boat to the location of the incident. Once there, it was determined that the occupants of the sinking boat had abandoned ship, but had since been picked up and were safely aboard a private boat. Although they weren't wearing lifejackets, they did have one on their dog. Munyan transported the EMTs back to the VC boat basin so that they could evaluate the pair. Both occupants and their dog were released in good condition. A local ferry company recovered the submerged vessel. [Russ Wilson, Superintendent]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS:

Great Basin NP - During a weekend in mid-September, Great Basin National Park hosted its first annual BioBlitz, focusing on beetles. Preliminary results showed 716 beetles collected, with at least 30 different families represented.

Park NAGPRA - The Park NAGPRA program is soliciting project proposals from parks and offices Servicewide for its 2010 internship program.

Andersonville NHS - Andersonville National Historic Site commemorated National POW/MIA Recognition Day this year with four days of special events from Wednesday, September 16th, through Saturday, September 19th.

Steamtown NHS - Ranger John W. Bruce is retiring from the ranks of National Park Service law enforcement after nearly 23 years of service.

To see these and other stories posted on InsideNPS (or NPS Digest, its public version), click on one or the other of the following links (please note that not all stories in the former appear in the latter): NPS employees: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index ; non-NPS employees: HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/

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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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