- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, April 19, 1993
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993
RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
Ranger Activities Division Information Network
Day/Date: Monday, April 19, 1993
Broadcast: By 0830 ET
INCIDENTS
93-189 - Olympic (Washington) - Apparent Suicide
On April 15th, ranger Steve Klump discovered a vehicle parked in one of the
sites at Sunshine Point campground with the body of a 31-year-old man from
Tacoma inside. A vacuum hose had been connected to the vehicle's exhaust
pipe and fed up through the hatchback lid; the lid had then been sealed with
duct tape. The victim had died some time early that morning. Three notes
to family members were found which indicated that the victim may have been
despondent over financial matters. [Mike Blankenship, RAD/PNRO, 4/16]
93-190 - C&O Canal (Maryland) - Flooding
The park was closed from the Monocacy River to Cumberland on Saturday due to
flooding conditions. No further details are currently available.
[Dispatch, CHOH, 4/17]
NOTES
1) The Albright Employee Development Fund announcement and employee
information packet have been distributed Servicewide. Each package contains
an application, filing guidelines and instructions. For additional copies
or assistance with the application, please contact your local employee
development (training) office. Applications are due in to the WASO Employee
Development Division postmarked no later than April 30, 1993.
2) Please note that the office contact listing that appears at the bottom of
each morning report now includes two pager numbers - one for numeric
messages (i.e. phone numbers), the other for voice mail messages. These are
for reporting of major incidents ONLY. Criteria for such incidents were
provided to all chief rangers last spring and will be reissued shortly.
CALENDAR
Calendar appears in the morning report every other Monday. If you know of a
conference, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please provide the specifics to Bill Halainen in Ranger
Activities. Entries are listed no earlier than four months before the
event. Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry indicate
source of information:
April 26 - 29 -- Eleventh Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop,
Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MO. Contact: F. Robert
Henderson, Extension Wildlife Specialist, Kansas State
University (913-532-5654). [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
April 26-29 -- Noxious Weed Management, Bozeman, MT. Contact: Janet
Petroff, 406-586-0831. [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
April 26-29 -- Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment, ASTM,
Atlanta, GA. Includes series of sessions on Exxon Valdez
environmental response and assessment. Contact: Jane
Hughes, 919-942-3985. [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
April 26 - 30 -- Revegetation and Reclamation Training Workshop, Palm
Springs, CA. Contact: Cherryl Tope at Denver Service
Center (303-969-2170). [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
April 28 - May 2 -- Second World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping in the
Emergency Professions, Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel,
Baltimore, MD. Registration due by April 1st. The cost
is approximately $325. Contact: Lisa Berg, International
Critical Stress Foundation, at 410-730-4311 (fax: 410-730-
4313), or Nancy Kelchner Campanella in NCRO at 202-619-
7065. [Nancy Kelchner Campanella, RAD/NCRO]
May 3 - 7 -- Servicewide Workshop for Historians and Interpreters,
Valley Forge, PA. Funded by benefitting accounts. For
application procedures, contact your regional employee
development officer. [Gloria Baker, STMA]
May 3 - 7 -- Critical Issues: Workshop in Curatorial Management,
Albuquerque, NM. Funded by benefitting accounts. For
application procedures, contact your regional employee
development officer. [Gloria Baker, STMA]
May 3 - 7 -- Interpreting America's Long Distance Trails, training
course, Mather EDC, Harpers Ferry, WV. Funded by
benefitting account. For application procedures, contact
your regional employee development officer. [Gloria
Baker, STMA]
May 3 - 7 -- "Forest Stand Dynamics", University of Montana, Missoula,
MT. Contact: Center for Continuing Education, University
of Montana, at 406-243-4623. [Gary Sullivan, MWRO]
May 4 - 7 -- "Environmental Compliance: Tools for Protecting Parks",
training course, Salt Lake City, UT. This course, the
first of a series of three courses on environmental law
and policy which will be offered over the next year,
provides an intensive overview of environmental compliance
and its applications on NPS issues. For application
procedures, contact your regional employee development
office. [Jake Hoogland, EQD/WASO]
May 6 - 9 -- "Working Together for the Future of Wildlife," 1993
Conference of Wildlife Law Enforcement Coordinators,
Sheraton Inn and Conference Center, Colorado Springs, CO.
Contact: National Anti-Poaching Foundation, 719-576-1564.
[Bob Martin, SHEN]
May 12 - 14 -- Second Annual Northern California Conservation Law
Enforcement Conference, Sacramento, CA. Interagency
(local, state and federal) conference on conservation law
enforcement, focusing on natural and cultural resources
management. Contact: Steve Martin, Ranger Services, WRO,
at 415-744-3921. [Dwayne Collier, SOAR]
May 14 - 15 -- "Beyond the Endangered Species Act: Governing for
Ecological Health", University of Washington, WA. For
more information, call 206-543-1812.
May 17 - 26 -- Interpretive Planning, Estes Park, CO. Funded by
benefitting account. For application procedures, contact
your regional employee development officer. [Gloria
Baker, STMA]
May 17 - 21 -- Fifth Annual Interagency Wilderness Conference, Tucson,
AZ. Contacts: Alan Shmeirer, NPS Wilderness Coordinator,
WRO (415-744-3959), or Kathy Hiett, CPSU-UA-NPS, Western
Area Archaeological and Conservation Center, P.O. Box
41508, Tucson, AZ 85717 (Fax: 602-670-6503). [Wes Henry,
RAD/WASO]
May 17 - 23 -- "Planning Beyond Park Boundaries", training course,
Shenandoah NP, VA. One page nomination forms must be sent
to regions and be received at AEDC by April 5th. [Warren
Brown, Planning/WASO]
* May 18 - 20 -- Global Positioning Systems, training course, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT. Call 406-243-4623.
May 23 - 27 -- International Conference on Aquatic Ecosystem Health and
Environmental Bioassay Techniques, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA. Contact: Dr. M. Manuwar at Canada Centre
for Inland Waters (416-336-4867). [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
May 24 - 26 -- "Current and Future Priorities for Environmental
Management", Annual Conference of the National Association
of Environmental Professionals, North Raleigh Hilton and
Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. Contact: NAEP, 202-966-
1500. [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
* May 25 - 27 -- Global Positioning Systems, training course, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT. Call 406-243-4623.
May 31 - June 9 -- Wilderness First Responder, training course, West Milford,
NJ. For more information, call 1-800-742-2931. [Bill
Pierce, OLYM]
June 2 - 5 -- RESPONSE '93, conference, Tampa, FL. For more
information, call NASAR at 703-352-1349. [Bill Pierce,
OLYM]
June 7 - 10 -- Fifth International Symposium on Society and Resource
Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
For more information, call 303-491-6591. [Bill Walker,
EDD/WASO]
June 7 - 11 -- "Forest Habitat Types and Successional Stages", University
of Montana, Missoula, MT. Contact: Center for Continuing
Education, University of Montana, at 406-243-4623. [Gary
Sullivan, MWRO]
* June 8 - 10 -- Global Positioning Systems, training course, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT. Call 406-243-4623.
June 9 - 13 -- Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, Tempe,
AZ. Contact: W.L. Minckley, Department of Zoology,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1501. [Kathy
Jope, PNRO]
* June 15 - 17 -- Global Positioning Systems, training course, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT. Call 406-243-4623.
June 20 - 23 -- Annual Conference and Workshop, Association of Natural
Resources Enforcement Trainers, Sheraton Cavalier Hotel,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Contact: John D.
Edwards, Provincial Enforcement Training Coordinator,
Saskatchewan DNR, at 306-953-2992 (fax: 306-953-2999).
[Bob Martin, SHEN]
June 21 - 25 -- Conference on Inventorying and Monitoring Techniques to
Respond to Catastrophic Events, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA 16802. Contact: Steve
Fairweather, 814-865-1602. [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
June 22 - 25 -- "Conservation in Working Landscapes", 20th Annual Natural
Areas Conference, University of Maine, Orono, ME.
Contact: Hank Tyler, Maine State Planning Office, Station
38, Augusta, ME 04333 (207-624-6041). [Steve Cinnamon,
MWRO]
June 21 - 25 -- "Managing the NEPA Process and Writing Effective
Environmental Documents", training course, Denver, CO.
Contact your regional employee development office. [Jake
Hoogland, EQD/WASO]
* July '93 - June '95 -- Preservation and Skills Training Program (PAST). Trainees
and mentor applications accepted. Contact your regional
training officer or Susan Escherich, Preservation
Assistance Division, WASO, at 202-343-9591. [Chris Perry,
EDD/WASO]
July 27 - 31 -- First International Bison Conference, Lacrosse, WI.
Contact: Ronald Walker, 605-255-4515 (phone) and 605-255-
4515 (fax). [Bruce Bessken, BADL]
July 31 - Aug 3 -- nnual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. The NPS CPSU at the University
of Wisconsin will be hosting a reception for NPS personnel
and researchers interested in working in NPS areas.
Contact: Jim Bennett, 608-262-9937. [Joe Meyer, GIS/MWR]
STAFF STATUS
Division Chief: Brady at NCR chief rangers' meeting (4/21-4/22).
Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection: Berkowitz instructing at CISD and
ranger training courses (4/19-4/23); Sisto instructing at MWR special park
uses training course (4/19-4/23).
Branch of Fire and Aviation: Hurd, Erskine and Botti at IFCC meeting (4/21-
4/22); Farrel at wildland/urban interface initiative meeting (4/19-4/22);
Clark at prescribed fire committee meeting (4/19-4/22); Cook on AL (4/19-4/23).
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