NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, February 14, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 ET

INCIDENTS

94-62 - Bandelier (New Mexico) - SAR; Fatality

On Saturday, February 12th, D.H., 32, and four friends were hiking
to the Stone Lions when they decided that they didn't have enough time to
complete the hike, so headed back to Frijoles Canyon.  Davis strayed from
the group to climb some rocks near Alamo Canyon, about five miles across the
plateau from the Rim of Frijoles Canyon, and failed to reappear.  Members of
the group started looking for him; although they made voice contact, they
could not find him.  Contact was lost about 45 minutes later.  Two of the
group members remained in the area and continued the search, while the other
two hiked back to park headquarters and reported the incident, arriving
there at 5:30 p.m.  Search efforts were begun immediately.  Indications were
strong that D.H. had fallen.  Two teams from Los Alamos and a team from
St. Johns joined NPS staff in the search effort.  A Customs helicopter was
brought in late that evening, and an on-board observer spotted D.H.'s body
in Alamo Canyon just after 1 a.m.  D.H. had fallen approximately 200 feet
to his death.  [Carl Newman, CR, BAND; Tony Bonanno, RCR, SWR; 2/12, 2/13]

94-63 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Train-Auto Accident

On the evening of February 1st, rangers and Fayette County sheriff's
deputies responded to an accident at North Fayette Station in which a train
struck a vehicle.  Neither the driver, Belina Secrist, 22, nor her
passenger, Jonny Davis, 24, was seriously injured.  Secrist had driven
across the tracks and parked her vehicle at Fayette Landing, a dead end road
on the banks of the New River.  Secrist and Davis then heard a train coming,
and decided to exit the area by backing across the tracks.  The right front
wheel of their 1989 Plymouth dropped into a ditch, though, and the vehicle
became stuck with its front end extending out approximately a foot into the
path of the oncoming train.  Neither Secrist nor Davis had time to get out
of the car before the train clipped its front end, throwing it about five
feet from the track.  Although they were both sitting in the front seat,
they suffered only minor bruises and emotional trauma.  The vehicle was
totalled because of a badly twisted frame and damaged engine.  [Rick Brown,
DR, Canyon District, NERI, 2/10]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

National Capital Region - Anadramous Fish Restoration

The NPS is cooperating in an interagency effort to rehabilitate the dam at
Little Falls on the Potomac River to provide passage for American shad and
river herring above the falls.  The dam, which was originally built near the
turn of the century to provide Washington with a water supply, denies
migratory fish access to ten miles of spawning, nursery and foraging
habitat.  The Service is helping the Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin to develop a cooperative project to restore the fish to the
river.  Other cooperators include the District of Columbia Fisheries
Program, Virginia Department of Fish and Game, Maryland Department of
Natural Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Army Corps of
Engineers.  [Lissa Fox, Wildlife and Vegetation Division, WASO]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

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:

2/15* -- A call for presentations and posters has been issued for the
"Fourth Conference on Fossil Resources: Partners in
Paleontology", which will be held in Colorado Springs, CO, from
October 31st to November 4th.  The deadline for submission is
February 15th.  Contact: Maggie Johnston, Florissant Fossil Beds
NM, PO Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, 719-748-3253.  [Brian
Lakes, FLFO]

2/17-18* -- Vail Partnership Committee Meeting, Lakewood, CO.  Contact:
Joanne Hanley, NCR, 202-619-7022.  [Vickie Carson, PA/RMRO]

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]

2/24-27 -- Disaster '94: The 15th Annual International Disaster Management
Conference, Twin Towers Hotel, Orlando, FL.  Contact: Disaster
'94 Registrar, Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation, 3717 South
Conway Road, Orlando, FL 32812-7607 (800-766-6335, 407-281-
7396).  [Response magazine, NASAR]

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]

3/1-3* -- DOI Aviation Safety Seminar, Portland, OR.  Contact: Mike
Martin, OAS, Boise.  [Claudia Schechter, DOI]

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]

3/1* -- A call for abstracts of papers for "Painted Wood: History and
Conservation", a symposium which will be held in Williamsburg,
VA, from November 12th to the 14th.  Send to Valerie Dorge, The
Getty Conservation Institute, 4503 Glencoe Ave, Marina del Rey,
CA 90292 (fax: 310-821-9409).  [Betty Browning, CSD/WASO]

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]

3/16-18 -- High Altitude Revegetation Conference, Holiday Inn, Fort
Collins, CO.  Registration: $145.  Contact: Jeff Connor, 303-
586-3565 ext. 296.  [Jeff Connor, ROMO]

3/21-25 -- Interpretive Skills II, Gettysburg, PA.  Non-personal
interpretive skills training.  Contact: MARO Training, 215-597-
9153.

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 announcements are now available in regional training
offices.  Travel funds may become available in February. 
Contact: Einar Olsen, NCRO (202-619-7065).  [Einar Olsen, RCR,
RAD/NCRO]

3/25-27 -- Seventh Annual Water Rescue Training Conference, Harrisburg
River Rescue Headquarters, PA.  Contact: Steven M. Ketterer,
Chief, Harrisburg River Rescue Headquarters, PO Box 2908,
Harrisburg, PA 17105 (717-236-5947).  [Response magazine, NASAR]

3/25-27 -- "Nature Has No Borders: A Conference on the Protection and
Management of the Northern Cascades Ecosystem", University of
Washington, Seattle, WA.  Sponsored by NPCA; co-sponsored by the
NPS.  Contact: Richard Winters, 206-220-4024.  [Mark Forbes,
RAD/PNRO]

3/27-4/1 -- AMSAR Technical Rescue Seminar, Joshua Tree NM, CA.  Contact:
American Search and Rescue Institute, PO Box 2399, Yucca Valley,
CA 92286-2399 (619-365-3114).  [Response magazine, NASAR]

3/28-4/1* -- Special Resources and Legislative Support, Easton, MD. 
Intermediate training program for planners and park staff
involved in studies of new parks, major boundary adjustments,
and heritage area concepts.  Program covers policies, guidelines
and process for preparing studies and reports to Congress;
builds skills in public consultation, how to apply significance
criteria, and analysis of alternatives.  Case studies will focus
on current project for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland
involving natural, cultural and recreation resources.  Funding
from benefitting account.  Applications through regional
training offices are due at Albright EDC no later than February
18th.  [Warren Brown, PPPD/WASO]

4/1-2 -- Preservation Microfilming, Mid-Atlantic Preservations Service,
Bethlehem, PA.  Fee of $80.  Registration deadline is March
11th.  Contact: School of Communication, Rutgers University,
908-932-7169.  [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]

4/5-8* -- Global Positioning Systems Training: Introduction to GPS,
Madison, WI.  Fee of $285; $700 for two or more.  Contact:
Engineering Registration, The Wisconsin Center, 1-800-462-0876
(Fax: 608-263-3160). [Karl Brown, GIS, WASO]

4/10-15 -- Fire Management for Agency Administrators, NARTC, Marana, AZ. 
Targeted for park superintendents and those who act for them as
well as regional and WASO staff.  Send NWCG nomination form
through regional FMO to Branch of Fire and Aviation Management,
NIFC.  Contact: Paul Broyles, 208-334-1080.  [Paul Broyles,
NIFC]

4/11-15* -- Annual Safety Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO.  Contact: Jim
McCarthy, Safety, WASO.  [Claudia Schechter, DOI]

4/11-15* -- Advanced Wildlife Law Enforcement, Bighorn Canyon, Lovell, WY. 
Course certified for 40-hour LE refresher hours for RMR. 
Training nominations must be in by COB on March 11th.  Contact:
Chris Johnson, course coordinator (406-666-2412).  [Chris
Johnson, BICA]

4/18-22 -- Midwest Region Chief Rangers' Conference, Kansas City, MO.  [Tom
Thompson, RAD/MWRO]

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

4/22-23 -- Photographic Collections Management, held in conjunction with
the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums,
Seattle, WA.  Contact: Jane Kenamore, Society of American
Archivists (312-922-0140; fax: 347-1452).  [Diane Vogt O'Connor,
CSD/WASO]

4/25-29* -- Rocky Mountain Region SCUBA Workshop, Glen Canyon, UT.  Meets
40-hour refresher requirements in NPS-4.  Contact: Chris
Johnson, RMR dive officer (406-666-2412).  [Chris Johnson, BICA]

5/3-4* -- Ecosystem Management for Forest Fungi: Inventory, Monitoring and
Biodiversity Assessment, LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR.  Fee: $125.  Contact: Conference
assistant (502-737-2329).  [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]

5/3-5 -- Peer Counselor Training, Tucson, AZ.  Open to rangers with an
interest in emergency services.  All costs will be funded. 
Applications should be obtained from normal sources and sent to
Herb Gercke in WRO by March 1st.  Contact: Herb Gercke, 415-744-
3921.

5/18-21 -- "Citizens Protecting America's Parks: Joining Forces for the
Future", San Francisco, CA.  Sponsored by the National Parks and
Conservation Association as part of its 75th anniversary
celebration.  A training announcement will be out in mid-
February.  Contact: Athan Manuel, NPCA (202-223-6722, ext. 221). 
[Lucia Bragan, EDD/WASO]

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