NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, May 4, 2015

INCIDENTS

Grand Canyon NP

Visitor Falls To Death From South Rim

A visitor from Las Vegas fell to his death from the South Rim on the afternoon of Thursday, April 30th.

Park dispatch received a report that a man had fallen from the edge of the Rim Trail east of Mather Point around 4:20 p.m. A hasty search was begun, but searchers were unable to find the man. His body was spotted about 400 feet below the rim from a park helicopter.

The body of the victim, identified as J.C.-S., 29, was recovered the following day. J.C.-S. was visiting the park with his family.

The fall has been ruled accidental, but the incident remains under investigation.

[Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski, 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):

General Grant NM - The National Park Service held the annual commemoration of President Grant's birthday last month in collaboration with the United States Military Academy. The theme of this year's event was “Beyond Appomattox.”

Timucuan E&HP - Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve brought the Find Your Park campaign to a baseball stadium on the night of Friday, April 24th, to encourage locals to help celebrate the upcoming centennial.

Alaska Region - Alaska youth interested in conservation come together from all over the state to learn about different career paths and jobs within the National Park Service during the 2015 NPS SCA Academy.

San Antonio Missions NHP - To celebrate National Park Week, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park hosted its first ever naturalization ceremony on Thursday, April 23rd, at Mission San Jose.

Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - To celebrate National Park Week, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park hosted its first ever naturalization ceremony on Thursday, April 23rd, at Mission San Jose.

Carlsbad Caverns NP - Former National Park Service historian Robert "Bob" Hoff, 67, passed away on April 27th. He retired from Carlsbad Cavern in 2005.

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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