NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, February 4, 2013

INCIDENTS

Rocky Mountain NP

Search Underway For Missing Texas Man

Yesterday marked the third day of a major interagency search for a missing Texas man. T.G., 39, of San Antonio, was reported missing on Friday afternoon. T.G. was planning to attend a conference in Denver, but failed to arrive. When his wife failed to hear from him, she notified Denver police. Rangers found his rental car in the Bear Lake parking lot on Friday afternoon and began a search. They are now being assisted by members of Larimer County Search and Rescue, Rocky Mountain Rescue, Douglas County Search and Rescue, Arapahoe Rescue Patrol, and Summit County Rescue. Yesterday's efforts focused on the popular Bear Lake trail system, particularly on off-trail areas in the Mill Creek drainage and the Flattop Mountain area. The area between Bear Lake and Dream Lake was also searched. Snow depths and conditions vary in the area depending on the elevation.  At Bear Lake, located at 9,475 feet, nine inches of new snow fell between Wednesday and Friday. Searchers continue to face winter conditions with deep snow, winds and drifting snow. Rangers would like to hear from anyone who was in the Bear Lake area last Thursday and/or Friday. They are asked to call Rocky Mountain National Park at 970-586-1204. [Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

Intermountain Region - Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and Rocky Mountain National Park have partnered with the non-profit Project Sanctuary to lead snowshoe hikes for military families of recently deployed service members.

Office of Partnerships and Philanthropic Stewardship - The Director's Partnership Award has been launched to annually recognize the Service's partners and their outstanding and varied accomplishments. Nominations are due by the end of February.

Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the National Park Service. This report covers the week ending on Friday, February 1st.

Midwest Region - Lisa Conard Frost, currently superintendent at Washita National Battlefield National Historic Site, has been selected as the new superintendent at Fort Smith National Historic Site. She begins this new assignment on February 24th.

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