NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

INCIDENTS

Whiskeytown NRA

Two Fisherman Nearly Drown After Canoe Capsizes

Ranger Garrett Sarcinella was patrolling the Carr Powerhouse area on the evening of October 23rd when he heard two fishermen yelling for help from the Oak Bottom Channel of Whiskeytown Lake. Sarcinella used his spotlight to illuminate the two fishermen, who were using their overturned canoe to stay afloat. Ranger Gary Bias and firefighters from the California Department of Forestry (CAL Fire) responded by vessel to the scene. Whiskeytown Water Treatment employee Don Walker heard the call over the radio and obtained the assistance of a visitor with a vessel and responded to the scene as well. Sarcinella continued to illuminate and talk to the fishermen until Walker and the visitor arrived and were able to take the men on board. The fishermen were transferred to Bias' vessel and treated for hypothermia by the CAL Fire personnel. The men, both in their 40s, were transported to Oak Bottom Boat Launch, where treatment was continued by waiting advanced life support personnel. The two men were taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, where they received care for severe hypothermia. Click on the link below for a short news video of the rescue. [Gary Bias, Acting Chief Ranger]

HYPERLINK "http://www.redding.com/news/2009/oct/24/two-men-suffering-from-hypthermia-rescued-from/" http://www.redding.com/news/2009/oct/24/two-men-suffering-from-hypthermia-rescued-from/

Big Thicket NP

Suicide Victim Found In Park

On the afternoon of October 21st, Beaumont PD received a call from the husband of a 40-year-old woman, who reported her missing and possibly suicidal. He also said that he'd found her vehicle and a firearm in a wooded area near their home on Pine Island Bayou in the park's Little Pine Island - Pine Island Bayou Corridor Unit. Following a search of the area, the town fire department launched a boat and conducted a sonar search. The woman's body was found and recovered by the dive team. Ranger Mike Hughes is the investigating officer. [Mark Peapenburg, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

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

Teaching with Historic Places - Teachers who have helped their students grasp the key dates, places, events, and people in Civil War history now have the chance to flesh out one of the period's most prominent individuals, Abraham Lincoln, with a new Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan on his retreat in Washington and his family life.

San Francisco Maritime NHP - On October 15th, San Francisco Maritime hosted a "PIERsafe" emergency response training exercise to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bay Area's devastating Loma Prieta earthquake. Photo.

Klondike Gold Rush NHP - Broadway Street in Skagway, Alaska, was recently recognized as one of "America's Best Places" by the American Planning Association. Broadway Street runs down the middle of the Skagway National Historic District, consisting of 12 square city blocks. Photo.

Natural Resource Program Center - Mark Flora, chief of the Planning and Evaluation Branch of the Natural Resource Program Center Water Resources Division, will retire on October 31st after a 30-year career with the National Park Service. Photo.

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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