NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Monday, June 29, 2015
INCIDENTS
Lake Roosevelt NRA
Campground Evacuated And Closed Due To Fire
On June 22nd, a maintenance employee reported a grass fire along the road leading to the Kettle River Campground.
Weather and wind conditions at the time caused the initially small fire to grow quickly, but the rapid response of local, state, and federal wildland firefighting crews stopped the fire from spreading. As a precaution, the campground was evacuated and the entrance closed near the intersection of Highway 395. Once the fire was declared out on June 25th, the campground reopened.
A determination was made that this was a human-caused fire. Investigation of the fire is continuing, with NPS rangers working closely with a federal fire investigator.
Current conditions in Eastern Washington prompted the park to institute a park-wide fire closure on June 17th for all fires except those in park provided fire grates.
[Jaime Smith, Acting Chief Ranger]
Lake Mead NRA
Two Rescued From Mine Blocked By Rattlesnake
A man and a boy who entered a mine near Ore Car Mine off North Shore Road last Friday were unable to exit due to a rattlesnake blocking their path and called for help.
Rangers responded along with personnel from BLM, Henderson FD and Las Vegas Metro PD SAR. The pair were successfully extricated.
[Public Affairs Office]
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):
Interpretation, Education and Volunteer Division - Following the tragic shootings that occurred in Charleston, many questions have been raised about the display and sale of stand-alone Confederate flags at NPS sites. A telephone conference will be held today about that flag and the Service's role in the American dialogue.
Shiloh NMP - On June 4th, the newly selected captain of the USS Shiloh visited Shiloh National Military Park. The Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser is named for the Battle of Shiloh.
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 for the week ending June 26th.
Northeast Region - Frank Hays, currently the superintendent of Western Arctic National Parklands, has been selected as associate regional director for resource stewardship and science for Northeast Region.
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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