NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, January 4, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 EDT

INCIDENTS

93-871 - Monocacy (Maryland) - Search

Just after 2 a.m. on December 26th, county deputies and firefighters
solicited assistance from park rangers in their efforts to find a canoeist
believed to be camping in the park during a period of severe weather.  Ma.B.
and Mi.B. of Frederick had arranged to make a traditional
canoe/camping trip on Christmas.  Mi.B. had put in at the northern end
of the battlefield that day; Ma.B. was to meet him along the river at
Michaels Mill later in the day.  When Ma.B. failed to find his brother, he
began a search of the area with a local resident and park cooperator.  As
snow began to fall and temperatures dropped (the windchill was -10 degrees),
Mi.B.'s family and friends became alarmed and summoned assistance.  Blowing
snow made the search difficult, particularly because Mi.B. was using a white
tent.  During a lull in the storm, a state police helicopter with high
intensity spotlights and heat sensors overflew the area and spotted B.'s
campsite.  Although his camping equipment appeared to be inadequate for
extreme conditions, Mi.B. was apparently okay.  He had decided to camp on
the battlefield instead of at Michaels Mill.  Both brothers and their
friends were wearing fur trappers' clothing similar to what was worn in the
1700s.  [Thomas Kopczyk, MONO, 12/29]

94-1 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - Follow-up on Double Homicide

On the afternoon of January 1st, M.G. and a still unidentified
companion were walking out of a vehicular tunnel along the park's historic
north wall when they were approached, pursued and shot by two men.  M.G.
fell across the street from the park boundary, mortally wounded from six 9mm
gunshot wounds to the chest.  His companion, who was struck by eight rounds
from an AK-47 assault rifle, fell and died in the park.  Commonwealth
officers assumed initial control of the crime scene and were assisted by
park rangers.  The tunnel is in a section of the park which contains one of
two access points to the "La Perla" community, a known drug distribution and
selling area.  The investigation continues.  [J. Schafler, CR, SAJU, 1/3]

94-2 - Colonial (Virginia) - Aircraft Crash

Immediately after taking off from a private plane airport in Williamsburg at
10:30 p.m. on January 2nd, T.B.'s Cessna 206A single-engine aircraft
lost all power and went into a glide.  T.B. was unable to return to the
airport and had only three possible choices as to where he could come down -
the James River, a swamp, or the three-lane Colonial Parkway.  T.B. chose
the latter.  While landing, however, his tail assembly struck the lower wire
of an overhead power line, which threw the aircraft out of control.  It
bounced several times, then went off the road, down a short embankment, and
into bordering trees.  Park rangers were notified of the incident and
arrived at the scene along with state police around midnight.  T.B. was not
hurt, but his plane was declared a total loss.  The FAA was notified and is
investigating.  The Cessna was to be removed from the parkway last night. 
[Dick Young, COLO, 1/3]

94-3 - Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) - Bomb Threat

At 11:45 a.m. on January 2nd, a man called the park and reported that a
dynamite device had been placed under the electric map display in the
visitor center and was set to explode at 3 p.m.  The visitor center was
closed at noon and the Park Police were called for assistance.  An officer
with a bomb-trained canine arrived on Eagle One shortly thereafter.  No bomb
was found in the building.  The person who called in the bomb threat was a
former licensed battlefield guide who claimed to know who planted the bomb. 
The incident is under investigation.  [Mac Heebner, CR, GETT, 1/2]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Cuyahoga Valley (Ohio) - Deer Management Task Force

A deer management task force has been established in the park to address the
growing white-tailed deer population and the problems they are causing in
local communities in and around the park, including damage to gardens and
landscaping and increases in deer-automobile accidents.  Members of the task
force include mayors from two communities, trustees from two townships, a
local farmer, representatives from Cleveland Metroparks and the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, and the park's resource management
specialist.  Initial efforts will concentrate on better defining population
levels and assembling educational information for dissemination to
interested parties.  [Garree Wiliamson, CUVA]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Golden Age Passport - Effective January 1st, all locations were to begin
charging $10 for Golden Age Passports.  This is a one-time charge for the
lifetime permit and applies to all initial issuances of the passport.  In
cases where a passport is being replaced and the holder can present at least
a recognizable portion of the original passport, the replacement can be made
without charge, with the returned passport (or fragment) issued in the
appropriate fee collection report to account for the free issuance. 
Passports that have been lost or stolen cannot be replaced without charge. 
To speed the process of issuing the passports, parks may wish to dispense
with use of the Golden Age Passport log for all situations other than those
in which the applicant cannot supply acceptable proof of age and/or
residence.  [Carl Christensen, RAD/WRO, for RAD/WASO]

MEMORANDA

The following memoranda of Servicewide consequence has been signed and will
soon be transmitted to the field:

"Use of Arrowhead Symbol", Special Directive 93-7, signed by Director
Kennedy on December 22, 1993, and to be sent shortly to the directorate,
field directorate, WASO division chiefs and superintendents.  Provides a
detailed description of permissible uses, conditional uses, and prohibited
uses of the NPS arrowhead symbol.

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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