NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, May 28, 1994

Broadcast: By 0900 ET

INCIDENTS

94-191 - North Cascades (Washington) - Follow-up on Employee Injury

On the afternoon of Monday, April 25th, Paul Jensen, a returning member of
the park's trail crew, was cutting a piece of wood at the new trail being
built from the Newhalem Visitor Center to the Sterling Monroe viewing
platform when he got his right leg wedged between the wood and a circular
saw and gashed his right knee in two places.  Fortunately, the blade did not
hit his knee cap.  He was taken to a hospital in Skagit Valley.  The
prognosis is for a 100 percent recovery.  [Ed Gastellum, NOCA, 4/27]

94-193 - Grand Teton (Wyoming) - MVA with Fatality

M.L., 30, of Grand Terrace, California, was driving north in the park
around 2:30 a.m. on April 26th when he struck a bison in his lane of travel
about two miles south of Moran Junction.  The bison landed on top of the
vehicle, crushing the roof.  M.L. suffered serious injuries and died at the
scene.  His wife, K.L., 29, was asleep at the time; she was uninjured,
partly because the car's airbags deployed.  She reported the accident by
cellular phone, but had no idea where she was in the park.  A Signal
Mountain concession employee came upon the scene about ten minutes later and
provided the Teton County dispatcher with the proper location.  The couple
had left Las Vegas, Nevada, at 1 p.m. on Monday and were driving straight
through to Yellowstone.  [Colin Campbell, LES, GRTE, 4/27]

94-194 - Lincoln Home (Illinois) - Suicide Attempt Deterred

Just after 1 p.m. on April 24th, ranger Mark Montgomery observed R.M.,
21, sitting in the Legacy Gardens area of the park.  R.M.
was upset and in possession of a knife and said he wanted to kill himself. 
Montgomery called for backup and medical assistance and continued to calm
R.M..  Two additional rangers arrived on scene and assisted.  After
about 15 minutes of conversation, R.M. dropped the knife.  He was
taken to a local hospital for evaluation and for treatment of minor
lacerations to his wrist and forearm.  A petition for involuntary/judicial
admission was completed and filed.  [Larry Blake, Chief of Operations, LIHO,
4/24]

94-195 - George Washington Parkway (Virginia) - HazMat Spill

A Park Police officer came upon a 40-gallon drum of an unknown chemical on
the shoreline of the Potomac River in the park on the morning of April 18th. 
The area was cordoned off, and the WASO oil and hazardous materials
emergency response coordinator was called to the scene.  Attempts to
identify the material were partially successful, as the manufacturer was
able to provide material safety data sheets (MSDS) for the eight chemicals
that they ship in steel drums.  The MSDS's indicated that the drum might
contain either 2-butoxyethanol or a high flash petroleum mixture.  The
Fairfax County hazmat unit responded; the drum was successfully overpacked
and rendered safe, then turned over to the NPS for disposal.  The
manufacture subsequently arranged to remove the drum and transport it to a
federally permitted disposal facility.  [Ernest Ralston, DEQ/WASO, 4/25]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

St. Croix River (Wisconsin/Minnesota) - Follow-up on Bald Eagle Poisonings

Carbofuran (trade name Furadan), a potent chemical insecticide used on corn
crops, caused the death of the 17 bald eagles found near the park earlier
this month.  Federal investigators have ruled out the possibility that the
chemical was used for normal farming purposes in Burnett County, Wisconsin,
where the birds were found.  Carbofuran would have last been applied late
last spring or early summer, and it's far too early to spray the chemical
yet this growing season.  Investigators suspect that the eagles were baited
and deliberately poisoned.  All of the eagles were discovered within 50 feet
of each other along with a dead muskrat and a raccoon.  The deaths of the
birds could have a profound effect on the reproductive success of the
eagles, as they are nesting at this time of the year.  There are seven
active nests located in the Burnett County section of the park.  Survey
flights this month indicated that all nests are active.  Productivity
flights will be conducted in June to determine the number of fledglings
present.  [Sue Jennings, RMS, SACN]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Buyouts, Continued - As was noted yesterday, various offices in WASO have
received numerous requests for a compilation of the names of all the
employees who will be leaving the NPS as a consequence of buyouts, largely
because many people want to know who among their friends and professional
acquaintances will be departing.  WASO Personnel has given us a complete
listing of those names and has cleared their release.  The following people
will be leaving from parks.  We wish all of them our very best in their
future endeavors - whether retirement or otherwise:

Alaska Region

William Bohanan
Donald Chase           Bruce Paige
Warren Rigby

Mid-Atlantic Region

Dwight Storke          David Dutcher
William Bock           Dale Hoak
Roberta Clark          Joan Marshall-Dutcher
Robert Warren          Donald Grimsley
Amy Lane               Jean Huffman
Kirby Richard          James Davis

Midwest Region

Einar Johnson          Robert Martin
John Arnold            Robert Kelly
Richard Anderson       John Abbett
Vince Halversen        Tom Munson
James Simpson          Henry Hughlett
Joe Cayou              Raymond Kimpel
Harry Breitenstein     Susan Shaw
Geneviena Kile         Rowenna Lowder
Michelle Rotter        Floyd Fitzwater
William Howard

National Capital Region

William Ratliff        Ralph Hoffman
Walter Clausson        Jim Fugate
Kenneth Hay            Albert James
Walter McMann          Benjamin Brown
Roy Wright             Barbara Cook
Dianna DeMarr          Leroy Brown
Donald Mace            William Yingling
Richard Marshall       William Mayhugh
Joseph Sidler

North Atlantic Region

James Killian          Leonard Kerwin
Peggy Smallwood        Margaret Patridge
William Cunnius        Dorothy Tabor
Rose Nappa

Pacific Northwest Region

Clark Crane            Howard Yanish
Kay Kozminski          Frances Rutter
Ann Belen              Clara Hansen

Rocky Mountain Region

John Lancaster         Marshall Gingery
Jack Peay              William Binneweis
William Cunningham     Larry Thomas
Peter Hayden           Jack Muller
Lynn Kincaid           Edward Christian
Robert Powell          Donald Fiero
William Herr           Thomas Halliday, III
Melvin Stewart         Larry Hays
Jo Ellen Evans         Henry Schoch
Orlynn Halladay        Arnold Johnson
William Foster         Melvin Tucker
William Myers          Dwayne Pearson
Sandra Eshom           Eldora Halliday
Donald Sessing         Robert Davidson
Ward Tucker            Merle Palmer
Robert Bangs

Southeast Region

James Ryan             James Parr
Lawrence Roush         Solomon Bramble, Jr.
Marvin Tucker          Patricia Tolle
Dale Smith             Hoyt Rath
Charles Lanford        Sibbald Smith
Eugene Miracle         Mildred Coggins
Gunar Knegeris         Collin Farmer
Harry Baker            David Farabaugh
Edward Trout           Phyllis Brandon
Bebe Woody             Joseph Kelley
Veldon Chapman         Sam Heath
Doris Stewart          Ruby Kennedy
Hershell Compton

Southwest Region

Robert Peters          Richard Razo
Keith Yarborough       Earl Adams
Robert Miller          Christy Porter
Felix Hernandez        Joice Grigsby
Jose Urguidi           Matilda Roland
Elizabeth Hulett       Naomi Hood
Naomi Wiley            Raymond Kunkel
Robert Webb            James Williams

Western Region

John Ritter            Gary Bunney
William Webb           Everett Robertson
Neal Borgmeyer         Charles Ward
Lorne West             Mardell Latiolais
Christina Horton       Alden Nash
Paul Langerstrom       Kathleen Graves
Joseph Bordessa        Carl Frisby
Barton Hoppe           Curtis Mossestad
William Truesdall      Kenneth Miller
James Riley            William Donati
Paul Fodor             Leroy Boatwright
Eugene Paul            Mary Tate
Apolonio Espinosa

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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