NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, October 17, 1994

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

94-601 - Klondike Goldrush (Washington) - Bomb Explosion

Just before 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 13th, an explosive device went off
outside the Joint Information Office (JIO) in the Henry Jackson Building in
downtown Seattle.  The JIO, which is operated by both NPS and Forest Service
employees, is managed by the Seattle Unit of Klondike Goldrush and serves as a
center for information on Puget Sound basin national parks and forests. 
Responding ranger Tod Haskell and several Federal Protect Service officers
found an injured 18-year-old woman at the scene who had apparently been
carrying the device when it went off.  The woman lost one hand and several
fingers of the other hand in the explosion.  She was taken to a local hospital,
where doctors discovered two additional explosive devices.  No further
information is currently available.  [Mark Forbes, RAD/PNRO, 10/13]

94-602 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Rescue

On the afternoon of October 8th, C.C., 29, of Florence, Kentucky,
suffered an angulated fracture of her left ankle when she fell about 15 feet
while climbing on Fool Effect, a 5.8 rated sport climbing route in the Central
Endless Wall area of the park.  C.C.'s belayer apparently allowed too much
slack in the belay rope.  Rangers conducted a vertical litter raise up the 90-
foot cliff, then evacuated her to a local hospital.  [Rick Brown, DR, Canyon
District, NERI, 10/13]

94-603 - New River Gorge (West Virginia) - Drowning

D.M., 45, of Livonia, Michigan, drowned while kayaking on the Gauley
River on October 8th.  D.M. had just started his trip with three other
kayakers and was running Initiation Rapid when his kayak dropped over a ledge
and he was pinned inside.  D.M. was able to create an air pocket and breath
for about 15 minutes, during which time his companions made several
unsuccessful efforts to rescue him.  One companion then ran out and contacted
rangers, who subsequently found that D.M. had been washed out of the kayak.  A
search was begun for him, but was unsuccessful because of the high flow of the
river.  His body was found about a mile and a half downstream the following
day.  [Rick Brown, DR, Canyon District, NERI, 10/13]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Theodore Roosevelt (North Dakota) - Feral Horse Reduction

On October 4th and 5th, park staff conducted a feral horse roundup in the
park's South Unit in conjunction with researchers, representatives from the
Humane Society and local ranchers.  The horses serve as an historical
demonstration herd and periodic roundups are necessary to keep them within the
park's carrying capacity.  The previous controversy surrounding the origin of
the horses did not materialize at this roundup.  Ten riders, assisted by two
helicopters, rounded up 79 of 112 feral horses on October 4th, but poor weather
conditions on the 5th prevented further captures.  Park staff took blood
samples from all but one of the captured horses for genetic typing by the
University of Kentucky and blood banking at the University of Wyoming.  A new
high-tech means of identification was also employed in which the a micro chip
was implanted into horses remaining in the park.  A bar scanner can then be
used in future roundups to identify horses.  On October 7th, 50 of the horses
were sold at auction and netted the park a total of $18,348.  The money will be
used toward covering roundup expenses. [Nancy Ohlsen, NRS, THRO]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

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