NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

INCIDENTS

Grand Canyon NP

Search For Missing Man Scaled Back

The search for a missing 21-year-old Texas man has been scaled back due to a lack of clues as to his whereabouts.

D.K., 21, was last seen near Bright Angel Lodge on the South Rim on Sunday, February 1st. He was reported as missing by members of his family on Monday. A six-day search for him ensued, but failed to turn up any evidence as to where he might be.

Rangers searched the South Rim developed area from Hermit's Rest on the west side to Grandview on the east. Teams of searchers walked miles along the canyon rim, searched heavily forested areas, utilized dog teams, performed several over-the-rim technical searches, and conducted multiple aerial reconnaissance missions to support ground searchers.

With no additional clues to guide search efforts on land, the search will be scaled back to a continuous but limited mode in which rangers and pilots will continue to search for clues when in the area. Flyers with D.K.'s picture and description also remain posted at various South Rim locations. Anyone who may have information regarding his whereabouts is encouraged to call the National Park Service Silent Witness Line at 928-638-7840.

A photo of D.K. may be found on a previous park news release at this link: HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/grca/parknews/expand-kramer-search.htm" http://www.nps.gov/grca/parknews/expand-kramer-search.htm.

[Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski, Public Affairs 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):

Office of Communications - All 405 national parks will offer free admission to visitors over this coming Presidents Day weekend. A number will also will host special events to celebrate the holiday.

Park Facility Management Division - The latest issue of Sustainability News is now available and features sustainability initiatives taking place across the National Park Service. A link is provided.

Cuyahoga Valley NP - Mary Dyer, a law enforcement ranger at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, retired on December 31st with over 27 years of service to the National Park Service.

Cuyahoga Valley NP - Lynette Sprague- Falk, the park's visual information specialist, retired on December 31st. Lynette began her career with NPS at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in 2008.

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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