NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, April 25, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 ET

INCIDENTS

94-186 - Shenandoah (Virginia) - Rescue

J.H., 19, of Ontario, Canada, slipped and fell approximately 40
feet at Dark Hollow Falls late on the morning of April 20th.  The park was
notified of the accident within 15 minutes; park medics and an evacuation
team responded.  Due to the nature of the injury, a helicopter evacuation
was deemed appropriate, and the University of Virginia's medevac helicopter
was summoned.  J.H. was transported on the ground to a point where the
helicopter could pick her up.  She was then taken to the hospital for
reconstructive surgery for tibia and fibula fractures and subsequently
released.  [Bob Martin, SHEN, 4/22]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Saguaro (Arizona) - Africanized Bees

On April 11th, the park's resource management staff was advised of a bee
colony at the new Red Hills Visitor Center, which is still under
construction.  Since Saguaro is well within the zone for colonizing African
bees, the hive needed to be removed.  A technician from the USDA's Carl
Hayden Bee Research Lab and a park bio tech located the colony, evacuated
the area, took samples for further testing, then employed rolled foam to
seal the bees inside the pipe.  As foraging bees returned and swarmed at the
sealed hive, they were sprayed with soapy water.  The colony size was
estimated at 25,000 bees.  This was the  first response to Africanized bees
in an Arizona park.  Tumacacori and Coronado are also within the colonized
area, which is likely to expand and include other parks this summer.  [Meg
Weesner, CS&RM, SAGU]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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