NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

INCIDENTS

Cape Hatteras NS

Investigation Underway Into Significant Vandalism

Rangers are investigating a series of acts of vandalism that have occurred in the park over the past few weeks,

Substantial damage was inflicted to the Cape Point Campground, where a vehicle was used to deliberately destroy large areas of the landscape, grass, fences and signs and two portable port-a-potty structures were set on fire, resulting in substantial damage to the handicap bathroom facilities and adjacent fencing.

Anyone with knowledge of either of these criminal incidents, can leave anonymous information with HYPERLINK "http://darecommunitycrimeline.org/" "_blank" darecommunitycrimeline.org or call (252)-473-3111 or (800)-745-2746. The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association is working with the National Park Service through the Dare County Crime Line office (252-473-3444) to offer a reward for information leading to the conviction of the responsible persons involved in these crimes.

Destruction of government property is a federal criminal violation, each subject up to a $5,000.00 fine and up to six months imprisonment.

[Cyndy M. Holda, Public Affairs Specialist]

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):

Frederick Douglass NHS - Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and several partners sponsored a number of special events in historic Anacostia in mid-February in recognition of Frederick Douglass' birthday.

Lincoln Home NHS - Lincoln Home National Historic Site and several partners - The Old State Capitol State Historic Site, The Outlet, and the Boys and Girls Club of Central Illinois - presented the Illinois Freedom Project Youth Summit on January 31st.

National Capital Region - National Capitol Region and DOI's Office of Emergency Management sponsored an ICS command and general staff functions training session at the National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia during the second week of February.

Fire and Aviation Management - Nathan “Nate” Benson has been selected as the lead for the Fire Science and Ecology Program for the Branch of Wildland Fire, based at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.

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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