NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, January 18, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 ET

INCIDENTS

94-13 - Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Death of Ranger

Around 7 a.m. on Monday, January 17th, Robert Ernst Mahn, Jr., 51, the
park's East Area ranger, left the east entrance on a snowmobile patrol west
toward Sylvan Pass.  About five miles north and west of the entrance, Mahn
went off the road and down a 40- to 70-foot embankment.  A fellow ranger
looking for him about an hour later found him under his snowmobile and
summoned assistance.  Responding personnel, including his wife, Grace
Nutting, conducted CPR on him during the evacuation and ambulance trip, but
were unable to revive him.  The accident occurred during a period of low
visibility due to high winds and blowing snow, and park investigators
believe he may have struck a low-hanging tree branch.  Mahn joined the
Service in 1973 and worked at National Capital Parks, Canyonlands and Golden
Spike before going to Yellowstone in 1976.  He'd been the East Area ranger
since 1982.  No details are available regarding his funeral.  An incident
stress debriefing will be conducted for all those involved in the incident. 
[J.T. Reynolds, RCR, RAD/RMRO, 1/17]

94-14 - Santa Monica Mountains (California) - Earthquake

Early reports indicate that the park, which lies just south of the epicenter
of Monday's major earthquake in the Northridge area, suffered only light to
moderate damage.  All employees have been accounted for and are okay. 
Moderate damage was inflicted on park headquarters, and the chimney of the
maintenance headquarters/ranger station at the Diamond X collapsed.  At the
time of the report (noon PST yesterday), patrols were out checking other
facilities for damage.  Phones and power are largely out in the park. 
Subsequent attempts to contact the park were unsuccessful due to phone
problems; an update will appear in tomorrow's morning report.  One of the
Service's two Type I all-risk incident management team's has been placed on
standby for callout by FEMA, DOI or the NPS should additional resources be
needed in the Los Angeles area.  [Ernie Quintana, CR, SAMO, 1/17; Dick
Martin, RAD/WASO, 1/17]

               [More pending incident reports tomorrow....]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes today.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

MEETINGS/TRAINING 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 forward the listing to WASO 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:

1/24-28 -- "Managing the NEPA Process and Writing Effective Environmental
Documents", Denver, CO.  Contact: Frank Buono, Albright (602-
638-2691), or Jake Hoogland, WASO (202-208-3163).  [Jake
Hoogland, EQD/WASO]

1/24-28 -- Southwest Region Natural and Cultural Resource Management
Workshop, Albuquerque, NM.  Contact: Bob Krumenaker (505-988-
6713) or Neil Mangum (505-988-6780) for details and
registration.  [Bob Krumenaker, SWRO]

2/2-3/4 -- Park Medic Program, Phoenix, AZ.  Contact: Barbara Aehlert,
Samaritan Healthy System, EMS Education, 1500 E. Thomas Road,
Phoenix, AZ 85014 (602-495-4284).  [Jim Lee, RAD/WASO]

2/11-16 -- Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Boston, MA.  Contact: AAAS Meetings Office, 1333 H
Street NW, Washington, DC 20005.  [Kathy Jope, CRM, PNRO]

2/14-15* -- Workshop on Ecology and Management of Aquatic/Terrestrial
Ecotones, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.  $150. 
Contact: Center for Streamside Studies, University of
Washington, AR-10, Seattle, WA 98195 (206-543-6920).  [Kathy
Jope, CRM, PNRO]

2/15 -- A call for papers and posters has been issued for the First
Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, which will be held in
Albuquerque in September.  The deadline for submission is
February 15th.  Mail to Doug Slack, Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Science, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843-2258. 

2/15-17* -- Soil Classification, location TBA.  Space available until 2/4. 
Contact: Amster Howard, Bureau of Reclamation, Box 25007, Code
D-3733, Denver, CO 80225-0007 (303-236-3730, ext. 418).  [Steve
Cinnamon, MWRO]

2/15-17* -- Symposium on Fire Issues and Solutions in the Urban Interface
and Wildland Ecosystems, Walnut Creek, CA.  Contact: Bruce
Winner (916-757-8777).  [Kathy Jope, CRM, PNRO]

2/19 -- Cataloging Audiovisual Materials for Online Systems, University
of Texas, Austin, TX.  Contact: David Terry, 512-471-8806. 
[Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
 
2/23-27 -- Western Regional Science Association, 33rd Annual Meeting,
Westward Look Resort, Tucson, AZ.  Contact: Dr. David A. Plane,
University of Arizona, Department of Geography and Regional
Development, Harvill Building, Box 2, Tucson, AZ 85721.  [Steve
Cinnamon, CRM, MWRO]

2/28-3/3 -- "Archives, Personal Papers and Manuscripts" and "Understanding
the USMARC Format for Archival and Manuscripts Control",
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.  Contact: Jane Kenamore, Society
of American Archivists (312-922-0140; fax: 347-1452).  [Diane
Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]

3/3-4 -- "Ecosystem Management: Applications for Sustainable Forest and
Wildlife Resources", symposium, University of Wisconsin, Stevens
Point, WI.  Contact: Steve Cinnamon, MWRO.  [Steve Cinnamon,
CRM, MWRO]

3/5 -- "What Do We Keep? Selecting Historical Materials", Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ.  Contact: Jane Kenamore, Society of
American Archivists (312-922-0140; fax: 347-1452).  [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, CSD/WASO]

3/13-18 -- Ninth Annual GRASS GIS User's Conference and Exhibition, Hyatt
Regency, Reston, VA.  $250 for full conference; $75 for each
workshop.  Contact: Pamela Cashman at The Open GIS Foundation
(617-621-7025).  [Steve Cinnamon, CRM, MWRO]

3/14-18 -- RX91 - Monitoring Prescribed Fires and Prescribed Natural Fires,
Carlsbad, NM.  Targeted for resource and fire management
personnel with prescribed fire monitoring duties.  Nominations
due by 1/14.  Send NWCG nomination form through normal channels
to course coordinator.  Contact: Tim Stubbs, FMO, Carlsbad
Caverns NP, 3225 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220
(505-785-2104).  [Tim Stubbs, FMO, CACA]

3/15 -- Ninth Annual National Archives Preservation Conference. 
Contact: Conference Coordinator, National Archives (NNP),
Washington, DC 20408 (202-501-5355).  [Diane Vogt O'Connor,
CSD/WASO]

3/15-17 -- Ground Sensor Training, College Station, TX.  Hosted by
Eagle/Telonix.  Parks with employees who will be using ground
sensor systems should send representatives to the session. 
Contact: Paul Berkowitz (703-787-1921).  [Paul Berkowitz,
RAD/WASO]

3/20-22 -- Legal Problems of Museum Administration, St. Paul Hotel, St.
Paul, MN.  $495.  Contact: American Law Institute - American Bar
Association Registrar, 4025 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA,
19104-3099 (1-800-253-6397, fax: 215-243-1664).  [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, CSD/WASO]

3/21-25 -- Environmental Crimes Investigation, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. 
A joint NPS/FBI training course which addresses several Vail
Agenda recommendations regarding resources stewardship. 
Training announcement/nomination forms to be distributed in late
January.  Contact: Einar Olsen, NCRO (202-619-7065).  [Einar
Olsen, RCR, RAD/NCRO]

4/19-22* -- American Rivers Management Society Meeting, Grand Junction, CO. 
River management issues.  Contact: Tracy Miller (202-343-3663). 
[Kathy Jope, CRM, PNRO]

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