NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
INCIDENTS
Grand Canyon NP
Identity Of Body Recovered From River Established
The body of a woman recovered from the Colorado River on March 22nd has been identified as that of K.A.K., who was last seen on the evening of January 11th at a river camp located near Tapeats Creek on the north side of the Colorado River (click on these links for the HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Incidents&id=6512" initial and HYPERLINK "http://classicinside.nps.gov/headline.cfm?type=Incidents&id=6513" follow-up reports that appeared in January). On Thursday, March 21st, a private river trip reported finding a woman's body in the river at about river mile 165. The next day, the body was transported to the rim by helicopter and transferred to the Coconino County medical examiner's office. Late last week, that office confirmed that the body was that of 21-year old K.A.K. of Englewood, Colorado. The National Park Service is continuing its investigation into K.A.K.'s death in coordination with the medical examiner. [Shannan Marcak, Public Affairs Specialist]
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/):
Office of Communications - Secretary Salazar yesterday joined Director Jarvis and others to celebrate the establishment of Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument as the country's 401st national park.
Geologic Resources Division - A report on abandoned mineral lands on NPS lands was issued earlier this month. The report summarizes a three-year-long field inventory effort and reviews the 23,182 abandoned mineral development features found in 129 parks.
Tuskegee Airmen NHS - Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, his staff and the mayor of Tuskegee toured Tuskegee Airmen NHS with park staff on Saturday, March 23rd.
Northeast Region - As the 150th anniversary of the Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon) approaches on September 19, 2014, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation is undertaking extensive restoration of a portion of the site to restore it to its 1864 appearance.
Denver Service Center - After almost 35 years of federal service, Al Thornton will retire from the NPS on May 2nd. He is currently an architect with the Denver Service Center.
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