NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Thursday, June 4, 2015
INCIDENTS
Death Valley NP
Rangers Cite Numerous Gumball 3000 Rally Drivers
On Friday, May 29th, drivers in HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumball_3000" Gumball 3000, an international supercar rally, completed the last leg of their 3,000 mile journey through Death Valley National Park, ending in Las Vegas.
Rangers patrolled the Highway 190 corridor in both marked and unmarked vehicles and were assisted by a California Highway Patrol airplane.
During the event, rangers issued over a dozen citations for violations such as speed and unsafe operation and observed vehicles traveling as fast as 140 mph.
[J.D. Updegraff, District Ranger]
Little River Canyon NP
Man Drowns In Johnnie's Creek
A Piedmont man drowned in Johnnie's Creek at a local swimming area known as the Mill Hole on May 27th. The Mill Hole is located within the legislative boundaries of Little River Canyon National Preserve, but is on private property.
Cherokee County deputies, Cherokee County EMS, Cherokee County Rescue Squad, and National Park Service rangers responded.
Witnesses told deputies and investigators that M.F., 22, jumped into the water and appeared to be struggling. He went under and never resurfaced. Two bystanders had just arrived and jumped into the water, located M.F., and pulled him to the rocks. CPR was started once he was removed from the water. M.F. was pronounced dead at the hospital by the Cherokee County coroner.
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office investigated.
[Valerie Saferite, Park 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):
Office of Risk Management - Delaware Water Gap NRA and Upper Delaware S&RR kicked off National Safe Boating Week in mid-May with events to raise awareness of their campaign to promote the importance of wearing a life jacket while swimming, floating, fishing or boating on the Delaware River.
Manassas NBP - A new video prepared collaboratively with park partners highlights the potential for natural resource education within the park and encourages stewardship and understanding of the natural environment.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP - On the evening of June 1st, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and the park's friends group participated in National Park Night with the Chattanooga Lookouts, a minor league baseball team.
Office of Human Resources - Nancy Y. Wilson, chief of the Human Resource Operations Division in the Washington Office, will be retiring on July 3rd following 35 years of federal service.
Operational Leadership - Operational Leadership facilitators from Wind Cave, Denali, Grand Canyon and Lewis and Clark recently graduated from this year's National Park Service GOAL Academy.
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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