NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

INCIDENTS

Olympic NP

Body Of Missing Hiker Found

On Sunday, January 25th, searchers, aided by several dog teams, located and recovered the body of missing hiker J.T.G. in very rugged terrain near the Boulder Creek trailhead. 

J.T.G., 60, of Port Angeles, Washington, was the subject of an intensive five-day search that began on Christmas Eve. 

J.T.G.'s remains were found by a search dog team in a very steep, rugged and densely forested area about a third of mile from and nearly 1,000 vertical feet above the trail.  An investigation at and around the scene showed no indications of foul play or wildlife interactions.  

J.T.G. was last seen by other hikers around 4 p.m. on Monday, December 22nd, at Olympic Hot Springs. He was reported missing on December 24th when he did not arrive at a Christmas Eve dinner as planned.

J.T.G.'s daypack was found on December 25th about a half-mile from the trailhead.  Despite the five-day search involving over 20 people and several search dog teams, no other clues were located until Sunday.

Six dog teams from the all-volunteer group German Shepherd Search Dogs searched on Saturday; two teams searched on Sunday.

[Barb Maynes, Public Information Officer]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers):

Centennial Office - The National Park Service and Tournament of Roses Association are partnering to kick off the Service's centennial with the 2016 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.

Office of Communications - Secretary Jewell has designated the Bayou Teche Paddle Trail and the Huron River Water Trail as the 17th and 18th trails of the National Water Trails System. 

Selma to Montgomery NHT - The application deadline for participating in a "walking classroom" event on the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march has been extended to January 30th.

Minute Man NHP - Lou Sideris, longtime Minute Man National Historical Park chief of planning and communications, hung up his Stetson on December 3rd, ending a 36 year career with the NPS.

To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites:

NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index

Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/

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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