NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, January 20, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 ET

INCIDENTS

93-732 - Grand Teton (Wyoming) - Follow-up on Car Clouting Arrest

On December 30th, J.D. pled guilty to three felony counts of theft
(18 USC 661) in federal district court in Wyoming.  J.D. had been charged
with committing a series of auto burglaries in Yellowstone and Grand Teton
last September.  As part of J.D.'s sentence, he is required to give full
disclosure regarding these thefts and his activities elsewhere in the
district of Wyoming.  J.D. will also be required to cooperate with other
jurisdictions for the purpose of closing other cases.  J.D.'s MO was to
break out vehicle windows with a blunt instrument, remove packs and high
value items, then flee the area by vehicle.  J.D. is a suspect in numerous
residential burglaries in Grand Canyon, at least one burglary in Yosemite,
and another in Sequoia NF.  Any park wanting to conduct in-custody
interviews with J.D. should contact Colin Campbell in Grand Teton's law
enforcement office (307-739-3327) to coordinate interviews with J.D.'s
attorney.  J.D. will be sentenced some time during the next three to four
weeks, depending on the results of these interviews.  [Colin Campbell, LES,
GRTE, 1/18]

93-782 - Yosemite (California) - Follow-up on Hunting Indictments

Five individuals have been arrested to date by California Fish and Game
Department officers as a result of a three-year-long investigation by park
rangers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers which concluded last
fall.  The investigation into allegations of commercial hunters guiding
hunts along the boundaries of and within the park was begun in 1991 and
continued (along with surveillance operations) through the hunting seasons
of 1991, 1992 and 1993.  Thirteen suspects were identified and over 80
violations of federal and state wildlife laws were documented, including
guiding without a license, conspiracy to guide without a license, sale of
bear gall bladders and hides, closed season kills, and numerous violations
of state fish and game codes.  The people arrested and the charges filed
against them are as follows:

* S.W. - Commercial guiding of bear hunts without a guide
license, sale of bear gall bladders, hunting tag violations,
cultivation of marijuana.
* M.L. - Commercial guiding of bear hunts without a guide license,
hunting tag violations.
* G.L. - Commercial guiding of bear hunts without a guide
license, hunting tag violations.
* R.S.L. - Commercial guiding of bear hunts without a guide
license, hunting tag violations, conspiracy to sell bear gall
bladders.
* E.E. - Commercial guiding of bear hunts without a guide
license.

All five are awaiting trial in Tuolumne County.  [Jeff Sullivan, YOSE, 1/19]

94-14 - Santa Monica Mountains (California) - Follow-up on Earthquake

Several park employees have been forced to evacuate their homes and
apartments due to severe structural damage.  The park is helping them move
their personal belongings to temporary storage facilities.  Although
telephone service has been restored, it is still difficult to call out of
the area.  Aftershocks are continuing to shake the entire area; more than
100 over magnitude 3.0 have occurred since Monday's quake.  [Ernie Quintana,
CR, SAMO, 1/19]

94-17 - Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) - Follow-up on Winter Storm 

Electrical service has been restored to critical areas, and the park and Job
Corps center plan to return to near-normal operations today.  Employees will
be asked to report at regular times, but this may be complicated due to road
closures in the vicinity.  A limited schedule of tours is planned. 
Conditions should begin to improve over the next few days as temperatures
climb to above freezing.  [CRO, MACA, 1/19]

94-22 - Olympic (Washington) - Drug Arrests

Last August, rangers stopped a suspicious vehicle in the Kalaloch area of
the park for a traffic violation.  Drugs were found in the vehicle, and it
was learned that the rangers had intervened in an on-going drug transaction. 
Information from the suspect provided information that revealed the identity
of drug traffickers and the times and locations of drug deliveries that were
made in the Kalaloch area.  Park investigators, in cooperation with county
authorities, began surveillance operations at those locations and times. 
During the 20-hour-long operation, eleven drug transactions were observed,
two arrests were made, and a small quantity of cocaine was seized.  After
sharing information with adjacent agencies, it was determined that each
agency had intelligence on these traffickers; although some of which had
been gathered as early as six years ago, no clear picture of the drug
network had emerged.  It was also determined that no one agency had the
resources to adequately investigate the information by itself, so a joint
task force was established which brought together the park, Customs, Clallam
and Jefferson county drug task forces and prosecuting attorneys' offices,
the Washington National Guard mobile response team, the Border Patrol, and
the Postal Service.  After months of effort, investigators were able to
identify 37 potential drug dealers loosely organized into five separate
groups.  In December, the task force was able to recruit as a confidential
informant a runner who had made 20 trips to Los Angeles to deliver currency
(up to $150,000) and had returned with three to six kilos of pure cocaine. 
On January 8th, the informant picked up more money and headed for
California.  Task force members watched him, examined the transport vehicle,
and determined that the money was hidden in the back seat.  They followed
the vehicle to southern California, where the informant turned the vehicle
over to drug traffickers.  A California drug task force kept tabs on the
vehicle as it headed to a previously unknown drug storage house.  Two days
later, the informant picked the vehicle up and was again tracked as it
returned to Washington.  An examination of the vehicle by task force members
showed that the money had been replaced by two packages which later proved
to contain cocaine.  It was returned to its original condition, and the load
was brought to its destination.  On January 15th, surveillance was begun at
two known drug trafficking locations.  The shipment arrived late in the
morning; as soon as it was picked up, the Washington state patrol's SWAT
team executed a search warrant on the premises.  They seized 674 grams of
uncut cocaine, $500 in cash, and four firearms.  Two men were placed in
custody, and two women were detained pending immigration status
determination.  About an hour later, surveillance teams at a second location
informed officers that the primary suspects at that location were headed
south toward the location of the earlier seizure.  At 12:30, the two arrived
at that location and were arrested; shortly thereafter, the SWAT team
executed a second search warrant there and seized some minor drug
paraphernalia and two more weapons.  A warrant is currently out for a fifth
drug trafficker, who reportedly returned to Mexico.  All arrested parties
are illegal aliens.  NPS personnel took part in all phases of the planning
and implementation of the investigative strategy and provided material and
physical support for this operation.  Park rangers and investigators planned
and supervised the surveillance of the drug trafficking locations and
businesses associated with the operation.  They also assumed the role of
coordinators, planners and cooperators in the SWAT team issuance of
warrants.  [Mike Butler, CI, OLYM, 1/18]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Office Closures - Due to the power shortage emergency occurring along
much of the Mid-Atlantic coast, many government offices have been closed. 
All Washington-area offices, including WASO, are closed today, but will
reopen tomorrow.  MARO closed yesterday at 1 p.m.; as of late yesterday, it
was not certain whether they would open today or not.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

COMING EVENTS CALENDAR

The Coming Events calendar appears in the morning report every other
Thursday.  If you know of a significant event of Servicewide interest,
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:

1/21* -- March for Life rally, Ellipse, Washington, DC.  Noon.  Rally and
march to memorialize the Roe vs. Wade decision.  Contact: NCR
PAO, 202-619-7226.

2/12 -- Abraham Lincoln Birthday, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC. 
Noon.  Features military band, wreath-laying, reading of
"Gettysburg Address", speakers.  White House participation
possible (Vice President Gore attended in 1993).  Contact: NCR
PAO, 202-619-7226.

2/14 -- Frederick Douglass Birthday, Frederick Douglass NHS, Washington,
DC.  10 a.m. Guest speakers, school choirs, wreath laying.  Also
honors Black History Month.  Contact: NCR PAO, 202-619-7226.

2/22* -- George Washington Birthday, Washington Monument, Washington, DC. 
11:30 a.m.  Wreath-laying ceremony.  Contact: NCR PAO, 202-619-
7226.

2/26-27 -- 218th Anniversary of Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, Moores
Creek, Currie, NC.  10 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Speaking on the 27th will
be historian Dr. Bobby G. Moss.  Contact: MOCR, 910-283-5591.

4/3-10 -- National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC.  Week-long
festival includes Japanese lantern lighting ceremony, art shows,
boat cruises, concerts, ball, fashion show, and parade. 
Contact: NCR PAO, 202-619-7226. 

4/13 -- Thomas Jefferson Birthday, Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC. 
Noon.  Ceremony features military color guard and band,
speakers, laying of wreaths.  Contact: NCR PAO, 202-619-7226.

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