NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
INCIDENTS
Redwood N&SP
Traffic Stop Leads To Arrests For Multiple Offenses
On Thanksgiving Day, an NPS ranger made a traffic stop along Howland Hill Road and found that the vehicle's three occupants were in possession of an untagged, quartered elk carcass, marijuana, what appeared to be methamphetamine, and stolen property. During the stop, one of the three fled on foot. With assistance from California state park rangers and Del Norte County Sheriff's Department officers, the other two were taken into custody and a search was begun for the third. He was not immediately found, but was identified and arrested two days later on another traffic stop. California Department of Game and Fish took over the investigation of the elk carcass, as a fresh elk gut pile was found just outside the parks' boundary. Crescent City Police Department and Del Norte County Sheriff's Office detectives determined that the stolen property was taken during a recent Crescent City home burglary. Although two of the offenses were committed outside the park, this incident highlights excellent interagency law enforcement cooperation in and around the park communities. Numerous felony and misdemeanor charges are pending in the California state court. [Chief Ranger's Office]
Blue Ridge Parkway
Man Caught Poaching Deer From Park
Ranger Marc Cyr saw a man about to load a freshly-killed deer into his vehicle along a state road on the park's boundary on November 28th. Cyr talked with the man, who admitted that the deer had been standing on park land when he shot it. He then took Cyr to the location of the ground blind that he'd been sitting in when he shot the deer, and also provided the location where the deer had been standing and where he'd gutted the deer - all within the park. He was charged with unauthorized taking of wildlife, possession of unlawfully taken wildlife, and possession of a weapon. His rifle and the deer were confiscated. [Kurt Speers, Ridge District Ranger]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS:
Natural Resource Program Center - Global sea levels are rising, and there is evidence that the rate of rise is accelerating. A webinar on quantifying the potential impacts of rising sea levels on coastal parks will be held on Thursday.
Death Valley NP - On November 14th and 15th, Death Valley and Lake Mead rangers represented the National Park Service and the National Interagency Fire Center at a Nellis Air Force Base open house. Photo.
WASO Public Affairs - Don Hellmann has been named Assistant Director for Legislative and Congressional Affairs. His appointment as the agency's top liaison to the Senate and House of Representatives starts immediately.
Denver Service Center - Mary McVeigh will retire on December 31st after 25 years with Denver Service Center. 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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