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Ahwahnee Hotel To Reopen Following Rock Falls - Yosemite National Park
After several small rock falls occurred in Yosemite Valley directly above the Ahwahnee Hotel on Wednesday, the hotel was temporarily closed for precautionary measures. The rock falls came from the Royal Arches, a rock formation directly above the hot...
Missing Interpretive Ranger Found Dead In Pisgah NF - Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Park interpretive ranger Danny Forbis was reported missing to protection rangers and Slidell PD on Tuesday, August 18th. A search of the area was immediately conducted, his vehicle was reported missing on NCIC, and missing person flyers were sent out...
Rangers Assist At Multiple Fatality Accident Just Outside Park - Death Valley National Park
On Saturday, August 22nd, rangers were dispatched to a rollover accident with multiple injuries on California Highway 190 just outside the park’s east boundary. Five rangers and a park VIP responded with two park ambulances and the park’s crash t...
Fire Damages Miller Field Ranger Station - Gateway National Recreation Area
On the evening of Saturday, August 22nd, a Park Police officer discovered a fire in the public restrooms that are attached to the Miller Field Ranger Station. The fire caused extensive damage to the restrooms, and FDNY believes that it was caused by ...
Injured Climber Rescued From Death Canyon - Grand Teton National Park
Rangers, assisted by the crew of a Teton interagency helicopter, rescued an injured 23-year-old man from a climbing route in Death Canyon on Tuesday, August 25th. The climber and his partner were ascending the first pitch on a route called “Caveat ...
Celebration Held For New Baltimore NHA
A celebration was recently held of the official designation of the new Baltimore National Heritage Area in a law signed by President Obama this past March. As part of the event, the heritage area unveiled its new logo, new water taxi landing signs, a...
Some Closures Continue As Park Recovers From Severe Storm - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Park staff continue to assess and clean up damage resulting from the severe thunderstorm that passed through the region on Friday, August 21st. The storm struck the park in mid-afternoon, moving from New Jersey across the Delaware River into Pennsylv...
Rangers Deal With Multiple Same Evening Incidents - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rangers dealt with a confrontation, a fatality and a medical emergency within a two-hour period on the evening of Sunday, August 9th. Ranger Jeff Duckett contacted the owner of a vehicle parked near the Bradley Fork trailhead just before 6 p.m. regar...
Small Rock Falls Lead To Precautionary Closure Of Hotel - Yosemite National Park
Several moderately small rock falls occurred in Yosemite Valley from early yesterday morning through early yesterday afternoon. They came from the Royal Arches area directly above the Ahwahnee Hotel. The largest rock that fell is estimated to be 350 ...
Period For Half Staffing Flag For Sen. Kennedy Extended
Flags lowered to half staff yesterday in remembrance of Senator Kennedy are now to be left at half staff until sunset on Sunday, August 30th, per direction of the White House. The period may also be extended, according to guidance received from the F...
Appellate Court Affirms Decision On Checkpoint Stops - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
On October 13, 2007, park rangers conducted a wildlife checkpoint near the entrance station in the Grant Grove sub-district of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks aimed at the mitigation of illegal taking of animals within the park. During th...
Flags At Half Staff For Senator Kennedy
Flags are to be lowered to half staff today and remain at half staff until sunset on Thursday in remembrance of Senator Kennedy, who died yesterday. The lowering is in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 3044, as amended....
Fort Point National Historic Site America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway
For Immediate Release: August 26, 2009...
Severe Windstorm Sinks, Swamps Numerous Boats - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
A severe windstorm hit the lower areas of Lake Powell around 4:30 p.m. on the afternoon of August 22nd. A thick dust cloud was followed by very strong winds that gusted to over 50 miles per hour. Park dispatch received dozens of calls for assistance ...
Visitor Falls Into Swollen Delaware And Drowns - Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
On the afternoon of August 23rd, four friends who were rafting together on the rain-swollen Delaware River fell out of the raft when it hit a standing wave in Staircase Rapids and flipped over. Only one of the raft’s occupants was wearing a lifejac...
Wave From Hurricane Sweeps Seven Into Ocean; One Drowns - Acadia National Park
On Sunday, August 23rd, a large wave spawned by Hurricane Bill washed over a crowd of visitors watching the surf along Ocean Drive, sweeping seven into the ocean. One of them, a young girl, drowned. Several thousand people had gathered along the coas...
Senator Gillibrand Visits Women's Rights National Historical Park - Women's Rights National Historical Park
Seneca Falls - New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited Women’s Rights National Historical Park on Friday, August 21st. It was the her first visit to the park. Senator Gillibrand made the stop while touring central New York to discus...
NPS Joins Educational Excellence For Hispanic Americans Initiative
Bessie Sherman, director of the Office of Minority University Outreach, Workforce Management, is shown with Department of Education executive director Juan Sepulveda, White House Initiative on the Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (HSIs)....
Hiker Who Suffered Fatal Climbing Accident Was Retired Great Falls Doctor - Glacier National Park
WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials have learned more about the loss of a park visitor Saturday, August 22, 2009. Dr. William H. Labunetz, a 67-year-old retired neurologist from Great Falls, MT, had been hiking with four others...
Darted Grizzly Yearling Died From Internal Bleeding - Glacier National Park
Editor’s Note: Glacier National Park officials wish to clarify that the death of the grizzly yearling on August 17th was indeed attributed to the tranquilizer dart injection field operation to immobilize the two grizzly yearlings at Old Man L...
Suicide Victim Found In New River - New River Gorge National River
A Fayette County deputy came upon an abandoned vehicle on the New River Gorge Bridge just before midnight on Wednesday, August 19th. The area was searched, but neither the driver nor anyone else associated with the vehicle could be found. A registrat...
Bicyclist Dies Of Traumatic Injuries Suffered In Accident - Colorado National Monument
On the afternoon of Saturday, August 22nd, Stanley Dodson, 65, of Madison, Wisconsin, lost control of his bike while riding down the east hill of Rim Rock Drive approximately a mile from the east entrance station. Two cyclists riding up the hill saw ...
Major Marijuana Garden Eradicated - Yosemite National Park
Rangers and NPS special agents, with assistance from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, eradicated 4,735 marijuana plants valued at nearly $19 million from within the park last week. Items removed from the area included nearly 400 pounds of fer...
YARTS Celebrates 10 Years Of Service To Park - Yosemite National Park
A ceremony was held in Yosemite Valley last week to mark 10 years of Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) service to Yosemite National Park. The regional transportation system provides bus service to the park along the Highw...
Meeting Held On Supporting Minority Serving Insititutions
Bessie Sherman, director of the Office of Minority University Outreach, Workforce Management, is shown with U.S. Department of Education executive director John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universit...
SCA’s, Volunteers Complete New Trail - Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
A celebration of the completion of five miles of new trail through the heart of the park was held on the morning of Saturday, August 15th. The trail project was planned in 2000 as part of the National Park Service's Rivers and Trails program in c...
Improvements at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center and Mather Point in Grand Canyon National Park Continue to Progress - Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- Construction on Phase I of the improvements called for in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan (SRVTP) continues to progress. In late April of 2009, construction began on Phase I of the im...
Eleven-Year-Old Boy Dies Of Monoxide Asphyxiation - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Rangers are investigating the cause of death of an 11-year-old Las Vegas boy who died late Thursday night. An autopsy performed by the Clark County Coroner’s Office on Friday concluded that the primary cause of death was carbon monoxide asphy...
Severe Storms Cause Damage And Closures - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Severe thunderstorms that hit the park last Friday resulted in downed trees, power outages, and the closure of roads, trails and facilities in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. River Road was closed from park headquarters almost all the way to the to...
Wawona Hotel Evacuated In Hazmat Incident - Yosemite National Park
The park received a report of an unidentified odor at the Wawona Hotel just before noon on August 18th. Firefighters and rangers responded to the hotel to determine the cause, extent, and identity of the odor emitting from a second story room above t...
