NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Friday, November 29, 2013
INCIDENTS
Mount Rainier NP
Search For Hiker Comes To Successful Conclusion
A search for an overdue hiker ended on a positive note on Wednesday when he hiked out after spending an unplanned night in the backcountry.
The hiker, a 68-year-old man from Everett, Washington, set out on a day hike in the Kautz area on Tuesday. He was reported overdue by his wife late Tuesday when he failed to return home as planned.
Pierce County Sheriff's Department deputies attempting to locate him late Tuesday evening confirmed that his vehicle was at the Kautz Creek trailhead, but were unable to find him. A search by a park hasty team the following morning was also unsuccessful.
The park's incident overhead team was calling in more resources to ramp up the search when the hiker returned to the trailhead on his own accord. While hiking off-trail, he was overtaken by darkness, so he stopped hiking and bundled up in extra clothes and garbage bags to stay warm through the night. He was able to relocate the trail on Wednesday morning and returned to the trailhead.
[Patti Wold, PIO]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's InsideNPS. To see the full text, 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 Morning Report web page ( HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/):
Federal Hall NM - On November 25th, the NPS commemorated Evacuation Day in New York City - the day the British departed after the Revolutionary War - with the rededication of the refurbished statue of George Washington at Federal Hall.
Cane River Creole NHP - On November 21st, the park hosted a celebration recognizing the 300th birthday of French philosopher Denis Diderot. Copies of Diderot's famed Encyclopédie from the plantation's library were displayed in a new exhibit.
Saint Croix NSR - A newly formed sister park relationship between seven parks on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula and thirteen parks of the Midwest Region received an unexpected boost from Costa Rican youth earlier this month.
Delaware Water Gap NRA - Chris Kross, a supervisory park ranger at Delaware Water Gap NRA, won a bronze medal in the Toughest Competitor Alive competition at the 2013 World Police and Fire Games in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Sequoia/Kings Canyon NPs - "Bronco," the park's canine ranger, recently retired after six years of dedicated service at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Servicewide Training Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses, webinars and online training offered by the National Park Service and related agencies. Added to this week's calendar are the following - a dozen new structural firefighting offerings for 2014, a historic weapons certification course, and three sustainable practices report training webinars.
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The Morning Report is 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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