NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, March 11, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 ET

INCIDENTS

93-142 - Dinosaur (Colorado/Utah) - ARPA Conviction

In June of 1992, NPS rangers, BLM investigators, and local law enforcement
officers following up on some information provided by an informant
discovered an excavated archeological site on federal land near Vernal,
Utah.  The persons suspected of looting the site - W.B. and R.B. of
Vernal, Utah - had been under surveillance for similar depredations in the
park and elsewhere on federal lands in the area.  The informant also told
officers that the couple had removed a cradleboard with the mummified
remains of a Fremont Indian infant from the site, and that he had seen it at
their residence.  On March 17th, federal agents arrested the pair for the
theft, and they were subsequently indicted in federal district court for
various ARPA violations.  The remains, which date from around 650 A.D., were
the first such found in the Uintah Basin.  In 1993, the B.s each pled
guilty to one felony ARPA violation under a plea agreement.  On March 8th,
they were sentenced to five years' supervised probation and ten months' in-
home confinement (with all their activities monitored electronically), fined
$1,100 for restitution and repatriation, and ordered to forfeit a 1989 Ford
pickup.  They were not required, however, to pay the $10,000 cost of the
investigation and site excavation.  The judge's comments during sentencing
were interesting in that the B.'s defense attorney maintained that his
clients should receive light sentences because there was no real victim nor
did the baby have any family ties to modern times.  The judge stated that
the baby was indeed a victim, that the baby had obviously had a caring
family who had wrapped and buried him/her, and that the baby was
exceptionally vulnerable to this type of crime.  The judge also stated that
he believed the testimony from Ute and Hopi witnesses who linked the Fremont
culture to their nations through oral histories.  [Dan Moses, CR, NP-DINO,
3/9]

94-115 - Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) - Storm Impacts

A winter storm which struck the park and surrounding area on Tuesday, March
8th, led to closures and damage to park facilities.  A tree fell on an
employee house, causing damage to the roof; that home, other residences and
the park maintenance area are without power.  The Great Onyx Job Corps
Center and other areas of the park also lost power, but had it restored on
Thursday.  Because of the outages, lantern light tours are being given. 
Several buildings have received cumulative damage from this and two prior
storms.  The roofs of the visitor center, administration building and
Chaumont administrative facility have severe leaks.  Restrooms have been
closed at the visitor center and have been replaced with chemical toilets. 
There is extensive damage to carpet in all three buildings.  Many trees are
down throughout the park.  All roads were closed on Wednesday evening; the
main roads were reopened yesterday.  Both park ferries remain closed due to
high water and downed trees.  The Green River is not expected to crest until
this afternoon.  [Karen Brown, Acting Superintendent, MACA, 3/10]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

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