NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Thursday, February 7, 2013
INCIDENTS
Badlands NP
Two Convicted In Bison Poaching Incident
On November 15, 2010, K.J. of Green Bay, Wisconsin, illegally shot and killed a mule deer buck in Pennington County, South Dakota. This started an investigation which uncovered the fact that J.W., also of Green Bay, shot, killed, and butchered a large bull bison in Badlands National Park. A cooperative law enforcement effort by the Pennington County Sheriff's Department, South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Attorney's Office, and National Park Service resulted in J.W. being sentenced last October 5th and K.J. being sentenced on January 7th for the unlawful taking of wildlife (K.J. disclosed that he and J.W. had been scouting for animals in the days leading up to the November 15, 2010 discovery of the buffalo and deer). By working together, the various land management and law enforcement agencies involved were able to successfully bring these poachers to justice. Badlands is grateful that the perpetrators of the buffalo slaughter were convicted, particularly as the park is one of just four Midwest NPS units with American bison on the landscape - it has a herd of about 800 bison. “Those who have seen these majestic animals know they are looking at our national history, our national icon,” said Eric Brunnemann, the park's superintendent. [Jennie Kish Albrinck, Chief of Interpretation and Resource Education]
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/):
Director's Office - Internal Only: In this three-minute episode, Director Jarvis shares his optimism about the next four years, reaffirms our commitment to “A Call to Action,” and introduces Grey Advertising, the firm hired by the National Park Foundation to work on a public relations campaign for the centennial.
Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services Division - The Washington Office has issued guidance on the utilization of the recently approved all hazards and positions qualifications guide in evaluating employee training and experience for incident management positions.
Northeast Region - Amy Brooke Bracewell has been selected as the new site manager for Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park.
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The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).
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