NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, February 19, 2015

INCIDENTS

Arches NP

BASE Jumper Sentenced For Illegal Jump In Park

On May 2, 2014, several witnesses and an NPS employee saw a person HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping" BASE jump from the top of the Three Gossips formation in Arches National Park.

Park rangers responded and tracked footprints in the area until they found the BASE jumper, A.L., hiding among rocks. A.L. was arrested and charged with five violations.

On December 18, 2014, A.L. pled guilty to providing false information, illegal air delivery, and interfering with agency functions. He was fined $965 and was placed on non-supervisory probation for 18 months. Conditions of A.L.'s probation include no criminal activity, no entrance into any national park or monument, and no contact with National Park Service employees.

A.L.'s enhanced probation is the result of repeated illegal air delivery charges in more than one NPS unit. A.L. is not allowed entry into any NPS unit until November 2, 2015.

The case ranger was Liza Kent.

[Kevin Moore, Supervisory Park Ranger]

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):

Padre Island NS - Rangers and volunteers from Padre Island National Seashore got into the Mardi Gras spirit this Valentine's Day by joining members of the local community at the sixth annual Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade on the beach just a few miles north of the park.

Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - The 113th Congress, which was in session in 2013 and 2014, turned out to be one of the most consequential two-year terms ever for the NPS. A summary of new laws and other Congressional actions is provided.

Visitor and Resource Protection - Public Health Service Captain Sara B. Newman has been selected as the director of the NPS Office of Public Health, effective March 1st. She replaces Captain Chuck Higgins, who retired last October.

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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