NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, June 20, 1994

Broadcast: By 0930 ET

INCIDENTS

94-304 - Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Follow-up on Search

Despite a massive effort over a two-day period last week, searchers were
unable to find any clues as to the present location or condition of R.O.,
45, of Manching, Germany; the search, accordingly, was scaled back
significantly on Friday.  Six ground searchers are continuing an
investigation of the Cliff Creek area and attempting to gain information
from other hikers who may have passed through the area and seen R.O. 
Interest from the European press remains fairly high.  [Pete Allen, LES,
SEKI, 6/17]

94-313 - Glen Canyon (Utah) - Memorial Day Incidents

Although there appeared to be fewer visitors this year to Hobie Cat and Lone
Rock beaches - the two beaches that are traditional problem areas on
Memorial Day weekend - parkwide visitation and law enforcement incidents
were up over 1993.  A good indicator of that increase was the level of
activity in the dispatch office.  Dispatch averaged an outgoing radio
transmission every 60 seconds, with incoming calls often covering each
other, and averaged one incoming or outgoing phone call every three minutes. 
There were 43 EMS incidents, 19 accidents requiring investigation, and a
high volume of law enforcement incidents, including a rape, eight assaults,
105 alcohol-related incidents, 46 cases of drunk driving, 20 disorderly
conducts, 179 traffic offenses, 141 boating offenses, and 86 drug incidents. 
Overall, rangers made 98 arrests and issued 270 citations.  The park's 20
commissioned rangers were augmented by officers from the Coconino and Kane
County sheriff's offices, Utah state police, Utah state park rangers,
Arizona game and fish officers, Coast Guard auxiliary, U.S. Park Police
officers, and rangers detailed to the park from other NPS areas.  Volunteers
and park interpretive rangers assisted in directing traffic, parking
vehicles, and helping out at launch ramps.  [Tomie Lee, CR, GLCA, 6/17]

94-314 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Assault Arrest

On the evening of June 10th, rangers responded to a call of a possible
sexual assault in a concession residence hall on the South Rim.  The victim
said that a male concession employee had entered her room, had told her he
had a gun, and had held her involuntarily for 30 minutes while he tried to
sexually assault her.  The suspect fled the area moments before the call was
made, and a description was quickly broadcast to rangers, concession
security officers and shuttle bus drivers.  A bus driver reported that he'd
dropped the suspect off in the trailer village several minutes earlier. 
Information from witnesses and AT&T helped rangers locate his residence, but
he was gone when they arrived.  While they were working up a search plan for
him, he walked up to the house with three juveniles and was taken into
custody without incident.  The case has been turned over to Coconino County
for prosecution.  [Dispatch, GRCA, 6/16]

94-315 - Hawaii Volcanoes (Hawaii) - Falling Fatality

R.R., 28, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was killed on the evening of June 17th
when the rocks he was scrambling on near the rim of Halemaumau Crater broke
loose and he fell about 30 feet.  R.R. was extracted by helicopter from the
crater.  Kilauea Military Camp medics attempted to revive him, but were
unsuccessful.  [Norm Hinson, CI, HAVO, 6/17]

94-316 - Monocacy (Maryland) - Search for Prison Escapee

On the morning of June 14th, the Frederick County sheriff's office asked the
park for assistance in locating D.W., who had escaped from the
county's adult detention center.  D.W., 24, was being held for trial on
two counts of first degree murder; he had climbed two 30-foot fences topped
with razor wire in order to escape.  Deputies had followed his trail to the
Monocacy River, where they determined that he forded the river and entered
the park.  While a search was conducted for D.W. in the Worthington Farm
area of the park, a state highway employee spotted him on the park's
boundary with Interstate 270.  Officers then surrounded the mile-and-a-half
long stretch of woods on the park side of the highway.  Corrections officers
found blood stains near the spot where D.W. had been seen and a canine was
put on his trail.  D.W. was captured moments later.  His hands were badly
cut up from the razor wire, and he was treated at a local hospital before
being returned to prison.  Rangers from Monocacy and Catoctin participated
in the search along with officers a half dozen state and county enforcement
agencies.  [Thomas Kopczyk, MONO, 6/14]

94-317 - C&O Canal (Maryland/D.C.) - Attempted Suicide; Life Saved

While on foot patrol on the Potomac River shoreline, ranger Jim Brown came
upon a man lying out in the sun dressed entirely in black.  Because the heat
index at the time was over 100 degrees, Brown decided to check on him, and
found that he was semi-conscious and unresponsive.  He called for assistance
and immediately began emergency treatment.  While searching for a medic
alert tag, Brown discovered a small pouch containing a .38 caliber five shot
revolver lying partially under the victim.  The victim was placed on oxygen
and an IV, but his condition did not improve.  He was medevaced to a local
hospital by Eagle One, the Park Police helicopter, where it was discovered
that he'd ingested approximately 200 tablets of Xanax, a barbiturate, in an
attempt to commit suicide.  The victim is expected to fully recover. 
Without Brown's intervention, he would not have survived.  [Steve Pittleman,
CHOH, 6/13]

FIRE ACTIVITY

There will be no fire report today.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Glacier (Montana) - Wolf Activity Update

Although visual sightings have not yet been confirmed for all wolf packs in
and around the park, researchers believe that the North Camas pack may have
denned outside of the park west of the North Fork of the Flathead River this
year.  Dense forest cover has prevented visual observation, but localized
activity by the wolves suggests that the pack denned on Flathead National
Forest land for the first time since they began forming south of the
Canadian border in 1986.  At this time, there is no evidence that the South
Camas pack denned this spring.  During an aerial monitoring flight earlier
this month, researchers observed at least five wolf pups within the Spruce
Creek pack in southern British Columbia, and at least three pups have been
observed with the newly-formed Belly River pack in Waterton Lakes NP in
Canada.  Researchers emphasize that these are minimum counts of wolf pups,
and that the number of pups will likely increase as additional sightings
occur throughout the season.  Although denning does not appear to have
occurred within Glacier's boundaries this season, the park continues to
serve as a vital core area for the recovery of wolves in the intermountain
west; all four packs continue to spend a considerable portion of the year
within the park.  [Amy Vanderbilt, PAO, GLAC]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Albright-Wirth Fund Applications - Information pamphlets and applications
for the FY 95 Albright - Wirth Employee Development Fund endowment are now
available from all NPS training offices.  The closing date for applications
is Friday, June 24th.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

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