NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, March 4, 2010

INCIDENTS

Natchez Trace Parkway

One Killed, One Seriously Injured In Parkway Accident

On the evening of Sunday, February 28th, E.C., 63, of French Camp, Mississippi, was driving northbound on the parkway when his Chevy pickup went off the road and hit a tree. Rangers and Attala County deputies and fire and EMS personnel responded. E.C. and his passenger, S.R., 40, were both taken by ambulance to Montfort Jones Hospital in Kosciusko, Mississippi, where E.C. was pronounced dead. S.R. was airlifted to University Medical Center in Jackson with serious injuries. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. [Michael Foster, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

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

Everglades NP - Four urban families, ranging from two to seven members, came to the park as part of the Camping Adventure with My Parents (CAMP) program, challenging their abilities and tackling some fears during a two-day, one-night adventure that also included a night hike searching for alligators.

Olympic NP - Thirteen native fishers were released on Saturday, February 20th, within the Elwha and Quinault valleys of Olympic National Park, capping a three-year restoration project and bringing the total of reintroduced animals to 90. Photo.

NPS Alumni - Manus “Jack” Fish, 81, who retired as regional director of National Capital Region, passed away on February 27th in Leesburg, Virginia.

Natural Resource Program Center - Dr. Margaret Wild has received the Department of Interior's Superior Service Award. Margaret and her team were honored for the exemplary manner in which they have served NPS on wildlife health matters.

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/

NPS serious incident submission standards can be found at the following web site: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/notify" http://inside.nps.gov/notify

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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. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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