NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, April 2, 2010

INCIDENTS

Hawaii Volcanoes NP

Parts Of Park Closed Due To High Winds

High winds with gusts over 50 mph have caused the park to close several areas in order to protect visitors from falling tree debris and other hazards. Rangers have closed the following until further notice:

Mauna Loa Road is closed.

Mauna Loa Trail, Red Hill Cabin, and Mauna Loa Summit Cabin are closed. No backcountry permits are being issued for those sites.

Namakanipaio Campground is closed.

“We continue to assess real and potential hazards caused by this wind storm and to do what's necessary to protect people and park resources,” said chief ranger Talmadge Magno. “High fire danger also exists in these areas and the closure will help reduce the risk of wildfires." It's expected that the closures will remain in place through the weekend. [Mardi Lane, Public Affairs Officer]

OTHER NEWS

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

Palo Alto Battlefield NHP - Archeologists and volunteers recently completed the first of three field seasons of surveys of the core area of the battlefield at Palo Alto, collecting nearly 700 battle-related artifacts and other evidence. The information gained from these investigations will greatly enhance the park's knowledge of precisely how the battle unfolded.

Workplace Enrichment - OPM's employee viewpoint survey, made available to NPS employees by the Workforce Enrichment (WE) team, closed on March 26th. More NPS employees responded this year than ever before. Results are currently being analyzed.

State and Local Assistance - On March 18th, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar signed the 2010 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) certificate of apportionment, distributing just over $38 million to the states, territories, and Washington, DC.

Servicewide Training Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses offered by the NPS and its partners across the nation. Added to this week's listing are two FLETC classes, both at Glynco.

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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