NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
INCIDENTS
Mammoth Cave NP
Two Die When Van Goes Off Ferry Into River
On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 3rd, a van boarding the Green River Ferry from the south side of the river went off the far end of the ferry and into the river. The van drifted downstream about 100 feet and quickly submerged in 16 feet of water.
Flood conditions, including drifting debris, existed at the time of the incident. The air temperature was 57 degrees; water temperature was 45 degrees.
The van was located a couple of hours later and was pulled from the river. The bodies of the two occupants, both from Munfordville, Kentucky, were recovered from inside the van.
The ferry is a cable-guided, three-passenger craft that is licensed through the US Coast Guard. An investigation is underway. The US Coast Guard is also conducting a parallel investigation.
Sixteen responding agencies from three surrounding counties and the state assisted in the incident.
[Vickie Carson, 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):
Rocky Mountain NP - The park and several partners hosted a winter ecology teacher workshop over the last weekend in February. Participants donned snowshoes and cold weather gear to explore “Below Zero,” an educational curriculum designed to promote understanding of wildlife under winter conditions.
Office of Communications - With the addition of the Channel Islands National Park photo on the homepage on March 2nd, NPS.gov marked its 1500th homepage feature since the series began in June 2009.
Water Resources Division - During the last week of February, the Water Resources Division hosted a three-day water resources policy and management training session for WRD-supported field-based aquatic resource professionals and regional ocean coordinators.
Fire and Aviation Management - Scott Johnson, the fire program management assistant at Natchez Trace Parkway, has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 Jeanie Harris Award.
Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services Division - Dean Ross, deputy chief of emergency services, has left the NPS to take a position with the U.S Army as the chief of integrated protection for the U. S. Army Medical Command.
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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