NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, April 4, 2013

INCIDENTS

Biscayne NP

Park Closed And Evacuated Due To Nearby Fire

Land access to Biscayne National Park was closed yesterday because of a wildfire burning just outside park boundaries along the park's access road, Canal Drive. Rangers also closed the Dante Fascell Visitor Center and escorted visitors out of the park. Although the extent of the fire was not known, these precautionary actions were taken to ensure visitors' safety. It's not yet known when the park will reopen. Updates are being posted to Biscayne's website:  HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/bisc" www.nps.gov/bisc. [Christiana Admiral]

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/):

National Parks of New York Harbor - On March 28th, Town Hall, a famous performance center on 43rd Street in New York City, was officially awarded the designation of National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior. 

Office of Partnerships and Philanthropic Stewardship - The National Park Foundation, in partnership with the Adler Fels Winery, has announced the release of "The National Parks Wine Collection - Wines with a Cause." Label art will depict individual national parks from around the country.

Office of Communications - More than 282 million people visited America's national parks in 2012, an increase of more than 3 million over 2011. A list is included of the top ten most visited areas.

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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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