NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Monday, March 23, 2015
INCIDENTS
Hawaii Volcanoes NP
Rangers Find And Rescue Lost Boy
An 11-year-old boy from Canada who took a shortcut off Kīlauea Iki Trail was located by park rangers and reunited with his family on the night of Tuesday, March 17th.
The boy left the trail on the crater floor and attempted to shortcut his way up to the parking lot at Thurston Lava Tube, but got lost. When his parents reached the parking lot and found he wasn't there, the father went back down the trail. He was able to make voice contact with his son, but couldn't locate him.
Another visitor also heard the boy yelling for help near Crater Rim Trail between the Thurston Lava Tube and Kīlauea Iki parking lots. The visitor found the boy's mother at the Thurston Lava Tube parking lot and called park dispatch to report the missing child.
Five search-and-rescue rangers responded shortly after sunset. The boy was located off trail about an hour afterwards, with only minor cuts and scrapes. It took another hour for rangers to hike him back out to the trail. He was reunited with his family members, who expressed their gratitude to the rangers.
[John Broward, Acting Chief 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):
Selma to Montgomery NHT - The Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail's “Walking Classroom,” now underway, marks the first time that the NPS has offered an opportunity for youth and the general public to retrace the footsteps of civil rights giants for the iconic five-day, 54-mile trek through Dallas, Lowndes and Montgomery Counties in Alabama.
Learning and Development Division - Applications are now being accepted for the Roger Kennedy National Parks Fellowship. The program is open to permanent NPS employees with three or more years of service.
Rocky Mountain National Park - As part of its centennial celebration this year, Rocky Mountain National Park will be hosting an employee-alumni reunion at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park on September 18th and September 19th.
Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the Service. This report covers activities in Congress through March 20th.
Pacific West Region - Steve Gibbons has been selected as the next superintendent of Lassen Volcanic National Park. He has been acting superintendent at the park for the past four months.
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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