http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:00:34 -0600 National Park News http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10641 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:00:34 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10641 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Despite variable and windy weather over the search area on Tuesday afternoon, searchers were able to continue efforts to locate the missing floatplane carrying National Park Service employees Mason McLeod, 26, Neal Spradlin, 28 and Seth Spradlin, 20, and pilot Marco Alletto. No sign of the plane or passengers has yet been reported. Searchers have logged 45,700 flight miles to date in the search for the missing floatplane, which disappeared on August 21st. Targeted searching was to continue in... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10635 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:54 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10635 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves The search for the plane with three NPS employees and a pilot aboard that’s been missing since August 21st will enter its twelfth day today, with no sign of it yet found. In support of the search efforts at Katmai, a team of critical incident stress management (CISM) peers has been brought in to assist the incident management team and the park’s staff.&nbsp;A team of seven employees from parks around the country responded to the incident. Chuck Carlson from St. Croix NSR is the current te... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10627 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:49 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10627 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Searchers have flown over 41,000 flight miles to date in the search for a missing floatplane carrying National Park Service employees Mason McLeod, 26, Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20, and pilot Marco Alletto. The plane has been missing since August 21st. Improved weather over the past several days has allowed aircraft to cover some remaining search areas and to search some areas again. No sign of the plane or passengers has yet been reported. Aircraft travelling in the area of the s... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10623 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:01:18 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10623 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Good visibility and clearing weather helped searchers yesterday in the ongoing effort to find the single engine floatplane carrying NPS employees Mason McLeod, 26, Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20, and pilot Marco Alletto, which has been missing since August 21st. Five helicopters and five airplanes, including two flown by volunteers, were able to complete both grid and targeted missions within the 14,000-square-mile search area. A similar number are expected to participate in the sea... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10613 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:01:15 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10613 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Low morning clouds around King Salmon slowed the launch of search efforts on Wednesday. By midday, clouds had cleared and search efforts were again underway, but rescuers again found no sign of the missing plane or its pilot or passengers. To date, a total of 17,500 miles have been flown by incident searchers, covering an estimated 10,000 square miles of ground area. Thursday’s efforts were to again follow a grid pattern. By flying in a north to south pattern and focusing on high priority a... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10603 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:00:24 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10603 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves The search for a missing aircraft continued yesterday. There have been no radio or emergency locator transmitter transmissions to date. The NPS Alaska Incident Management Team, lead by incident commander Richard Moore, is assisting Katmai National Park by managing the search efforts for the missing aircraft and the persons on board. On Wednesday, aerial efforts to locate the plane and missing employees moved to a grid pattern. Initial operations were driven by topography and the need to follo... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10595 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:00:34 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10595 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves The search for a missing airplane with four people aboard – three of them NPS employees – enters its fifth day today, with no sign of the aircraft yet discovered. The single engine floatplane, a de Havilland Beaver operated by Branch River Air Service in King Salmon, has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The missing employees are <A href="http://www.nps.gov/katm/parknews/katmai-missing-plane-employees.htm">Mason McLeod, 26, and brothers Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20</A>. T... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10598 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:00:35 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10598 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves The search for a missing airplane with four people aboard – three of them NPS employees – enters its fourth day today. The single engine floatplane, a de Havilland Beaver operated by Branch River Air Service in King Salmon, has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The missing employees are <A href="http://www.nps.gov/katm/parknews/katmai-missing-plane-employees.htm">Mason McLeod, 26, and brothers Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20</A>. The pilot is Marco Alletto, 47, from King S... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10585 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:50 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10585 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves A major search is underway for a missing aircraft with four people on board that has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The single engine floatplane, a DeHavilland Beaver operated by Branch River Air Service in King Salmon, carried the pilot and three National Park Service maintenance employees – Mason McLeod, 26, and brothers Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20. The name of the pilot is not being released pending the notification of his family. Two planes owned by the air servic... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10480 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:00:41 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/10480 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves An air and ground search for a hiker missing in Katmai National Park in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes entered its third day yesterday. At 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 31st, the park received a call from an emergency radio at the Three Forks trailhead.&nbsp; The caller reported that a member of his party had disappeared along the Lethe River while trying to recover his boots, which had fallen into the river at a crossing approximately nine miles up the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes from the tr... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/8664 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:00:32 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/8664 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves High winds roared over the Alaska Peninsula over the six-day period from July 23rd to July 28th. Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph occurred throughout the period, with field crews measuring gusts over 70 mph. Several incidents resulted: <UL> <LI>July 24 – The park’s voicemail recorded a call from Leo House around 5 a.m. reporting a SPOT device activation (SPOT is a portable GPS and satellite communication device used in emergencies). House said that his brother and friends were ... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/8568 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:00:59 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/8568 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Two park archeologists were forced to kill a brown bear on July 13th after it attacked them. The archeologists had been camping and working on an offshore island for several days when a lone bear appeared at their campsite. The bear showed continued aggressive behavior towards both members of the crew and was not easily chased away from their campsite. Various means were employed to dissuade the bear from approaching, including loud noises, visual displays and at one point pepper spray. At no... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/7472 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:01:28 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/7472 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves On Saturday September 27th, a joint emergency response training session was held between Katmai National Park and the Bristol Bay Borough Fire Department – the first cooperatively planned training in a number of years. The scenario-based training was held in the town of King Salmon and included volunteers from the local Civil Air Patrols chapter. A simulated ATV rollover accident was staged about a mile from town that was initially reported to Bristol Bay Borough Fire and EMS per... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/5870 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:00:11 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/5870 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Four people died on the afternoon of Sunday, September 30th, when their aircraft crashed near Nonvianuk Lake. The pilot, a guide and two passengers from Royal Wolf Lodge were returning to the lodge from a fishing trip when the accident occurred. The pilot had contacted the lodge and advised them that he expected to be back at about 4 p.m. When the plane had not landed 45 minutes later, aircraft from the lodge were sent to search for it and the wreckage was found near the lodge. Lodge employee... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/4561 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:00:12 -0700 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/4561 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves On November 2nd, Steven Nowatak, 27, and Travis Kernak, 21, both residents of Kokhanok, were each sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 30 days imprisonment and a year’s probation, including 40 hours of community service, upon their conviction for killing brown bears in the park. On separate occasions in late July and early August, 2004, Nowatak and Kernak traveled by ATV from Kokhanok to Funnel Creek, an area used by flight-seeing services and lodges for bear viewing and fishing. A... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/4376 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:00:11 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/4376 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves A DeHavilland Beaver floatplane crashed just after takeoff along the Katmai Coast near Swikshak Lagoon in the northwest part of the park on September 21st, killing one of the passengers and injuring five others. The accident was reported around 2 p.m. that afternoon and a rescue response was coordinated with Kulis Air National Guard. Due to foul weather, high winds and limited fuel, pararescuers had less than five minutes to retrieve the survivors. Four of them were taken to Kodiak by the Air... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/3030 Fri, 05 May 2006 13:05:21 -0600 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/3030 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Two men have each been charged with illegally killing two brown bears in Katmai National Preserve in late July 2004. An investigation by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service, the Alaska State Troopers, and the State of Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory determined that the four brown bears at issue were illegally killed along Funnel Creek near Mirror Lake and were left to rot in violation of federal regulations.&nbsp; None of the meat, hides, or skulls were sa... http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/1922 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:00:08 -0700 http://www.nationalparksgallery.com/park_news/1922 Parks National Parks Recreation Travel Katmai National Park and Preserve National Parks and Preserves Occasionally, InsideNPS will post photos on the front page that have been taken by NPS employees and sent in to the ?Photo Gallery.? Today?s is a Mark Wagner photo of a brown bear nursing her young near the Brooks River at Katmai NP in Alaska. To see other "Photo Gallery" entries, please click on "More Information" below.