NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, February 12, 2015

INCIDENTS

No reports today.

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 - The National Park Service's abandoned mineral lands program has finalized a report summarizing a comprehensive inventory and assessment of health and safety issues related to past mineral extraction activities on national park lands.

Historical Documentation Programs - Heritage Documentation Programs has launched its first "virtual tour" -- a a series of interactive 360 degree panoramas and other photos taken along Totem Trail in Sitka NHP.

Midwest Region - Kevin Eads, a 24-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been selected as the new superintendent of Pea Ridge National Military Park.

Pinnacles NP - Charles Walter “Chuck” Dorn, Sr., retired law enforcement ranger, passed away Friday, February 6th, in Monterey, California, due to complications resulting from pancreatic cancer.

Cuyahoga Valley NP - Cindy Swaggard, law enforcement ranger at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, retired on December 31st with 25 years of service to the National Park Service.

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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