NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, March 21, 2013

INCIDENTS

No new incident reports have been received.

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/):

Martin Luther King, Jr. NHS - On January 21st, the park commemorated the 27th observance of the federal holiday that honors the birthday of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On that same day, President Obama took his oath of office using Dr. King's Bible, loaned by the park for the occasion.

Grand Teton NP - Teton Interagency Dispatch Center dispatchers cut a ribbon on March 8th to celebrate their move into a long-awaited new home. The new facility is located at Moose in Grand Teton National Park's rehabilitated HQ building.

Big Cypress NP - Big Cypress National Preserve's backcountry volunteer program hosted its first “Friends and Family Day” on Sunday, March 3rd.

State and Local Assistance Programs - The National Park Service has released the 2012 annual report for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State and Local Assistance Program. 

Submerged Resources Center - The NPS Submerged Resources Center, the NPS National Dive Program, and the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society have announced that Julia Mason of Alamo, California, will be the 2013 NPS diving intern.  

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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@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov).

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