NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, January 17, 1995


Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

94-220 - Saguaro (Arizona) - Follow-up on Arson Case

On January 9th, R.O. was sentenced to 30 months in prison for setting
numerous fires in the park, on a national forest, and elsewhere in the Tucson
area last spring.  A park ranger spotted R.O. extinguishing a small brush
fire in the Rincon Mountain District on April 13th.  He was questioned and
released, but information collected by the ranger was utilized by the local
county sheriff's office in building a case against him.  R.O. was also
ordered to pay over $15,000 in restitution to the park to cover resource damage
costs.  [Paula Rooney, CR, SAGU, 1/9]

95-06 - Whiskeytown (California) - Follow-up on Winter Storm Impacts

The park has now received nearly 30 inches of rain since January 1st; the
highest 24-hour amount was 7.24 inches, recorded at park headquarters. 
Although winds had subsided by last Friday, torrential rain was still falling. 
An 80 foot wide by 40 foot deep section of Southshore Drive has been washed
out.  Over 100 trees have fallen in the Whiskey Creek picnic area, damaging two
structures.  Several bridges in the park are threatened by high water flows. 
Powerlines and poles remain down across major roads.  The entire park remains
closed.  [Larry Carr, CR, WHIS, 1/13]

95-11 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Attempted Homicide

Rangers responded to a report of a stabbing at the bar at Bright Angel Hotel at
1:19 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, January 15th.  Two hotel kitchen workers
had apparently been arguing when one of them pulled a knife and began stabbing
the other.  The victim, A.B., 24, had suffered multiple stab wounds to
the torso and was bleeding profusely.  He was stabilized and taken to Flagstaff
Medical Center by an Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter.  A.B.'s
assailant, 41-year-old T.T.C. was arrested at the scene and the case was
turned over to Coconino County deputies.  It appears that T.T.C. will be charged
with attempted murder.  [Karyn Shinkle, Dispatch, GRCA, 1/15]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Correction - The number to call regarding Mojave ecosystem and park staffing
is 702-293-8930, not 293-8920.  Calls regarding the three positions referred to
in last Friday's Morning Report should be directed to this number.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

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