NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, March 13, 2015

INCIDENTS

Redwood N&SP

Rangers Assist In Search For Fleeing Felons

Late on the afternoon of Monday, March 9th, Del Norte County Sherriff's deputies became involved in the high speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle adjacent to the boundary of Redwood National and State Parks.

The chase continued for over 20 miles at speeds that exceeded 110 miles per hour, during which the passenger fired numerous shotgun rounds at pursuing vehicles. The vehicle eventually crashed into a ditch near the town of Smith River, and both driver and armed passenger fled on foot into the surrounding wooded area.

The sheriff sought assistance from all available law enforcement agencies, and rangers arrived on scene within a minute of the vehicle crashing. Two K9 teams and a California Highway Patrol helicopter participated in the search for the suspects.

Rangers assisted in the apprehension of the driver, who surrendered without incident, and provided additional support in the search for the passenger. The search was called off due to darkness and safety concerns. As of this time, the passenger is still at large.

[Greg Morse, North District Supervisory 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):

Cape Cod NS - This winter was so cold and so snowy in New England that thick ice sheets formed on the Atlantic Ocean - and are now breaking up into icebergs and ice floes that have been coming ashore on park beaches.

Cape Lookout NS - On the week of February 9th, Cape Lookout National Seashore hosted the final pilot test of a comprehensive 32-hour training course on chainsaw safety, maintenance and operations.

Office of Communications - Civil rights, education, and architecture are the subjects of a new online classroom lesson plan, "Separate But Equal? South Carolina's Fight Over School Segregation," developed by the Teaching with Historic Places program.

Channel Islands NP - The park has opened a new ocean exhibit in the lookout tower at its visitor center in Ventura Harbor. A new ocean photographic collection is also now on display in the visitor center auditorium.

Ozark NSR - Mary Ficker and Teresa McKinney, park rangers at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, retired on February 28th after long careers with 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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