NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
INCIDENTS
Badlands NP
Search For Missing Man Suspended
On Friday, July 31st, rangers suspended the search for 39-year-old J.J. of Lincoln, Nebraska, due to lack of physical evidence.
J.J. was reported missing by his family on July 16th. During the week of July 27th, rangers, along with members of the Pennington County search and rescue team, conducted focused operations within the 64,000-acre Sage Creek Wilderness using a cadaver dog team from Estes Park, Colorado. The South Dakota National Guard also conducted grid searches with a Lakota to follow-up on bones observed during a prior flight. The bones were later determined to be from a buffalo.
Close to 50 searchers have participated in operations since July 17th and more than 20 flight hours were logged by the South Dakota National Guard. Rangers are continuing to investigate the case with the FBI and Pennington County Sheriff's Department.
[Casey J. Osback, Chief Ranger]
Redwood N&SP
Rangers Recover Stolen Park Property During Investigation
Sometime in early July, a vacant government residence was burglarized inside the park. Several items were stolen, including an empty gun safe, a dehumidifier, a generator, and a radio base station.
Rangers were able to identify a suspect during the investigation - a man who resided in the nearby community of Eureka, California. It was discovered he was on formal probation with Humboldt County and that his probation included search terms. On July 22nd, rangers conducted a probation search of the man's residence with personnel from the Humboldt County Probation Department, California State Parks, and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.
The park's radio base station was recovered during the search along with methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The man was arrested on various state charges. A wanted felon was also identified and detained at the residence . He was taken into custody by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department. The investigation is ongoing.
[Stephen Troy, 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):
Yosemite NP - On Tuesday, July 28th, former First Lady Laura Bush joined other dignitaries in a rededication ceremony for the historic Tioga Road, conducted exactly 100 years after the original dedication ceremony.
Klondike Gold Rush NHP (Seattle Unit) - On July 17th, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park -Seattle Unit celebrated and shared its history with the community during the park's second annual Go Klondike Legacy Day.
Gulf Islands NS - The park recently hosted the Centennial video crew, which came to the park to get footage of baby sea turtles hatching and to focus on the work of the Turtle THiS (Teens Helping in the Seashore) citizen science project.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs - A remembrance ceremony was recently held on the tenth anniversary of an incident in which a Boy Scout and an assistant scoutmaster were killed by lightning in Sequoia National Park.
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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