NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, January 30, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-27 - Lassen Volcanic (California) - Follow-up on Rescue

D.H., who was rescued from a snow cavern created by a thermal feature on
January 19th, was found dead by a family member on the morning of January 26th. 
D.H. was treated and released from a hospital on the same day as the accident;
his condition had since improved steadily, and his death came as a shock to all
involved in the rescue.  Doctors had employed information provided by park
personnel and a poison control center to determine the chemical make-up of the
toxic volcanic fumes that D.H. inhaled, but his arterial blood gases were found
to be within normal limits.  The doctors who treated him believe that exposure
may have been the cause of death.  Press reports have contained widely varied
interpretations of what actually happened to D.H., ranging from a fall into a
snow cavern with a steam vent to a plunge into "a 198 degree geothermal
crevasse."  D.H.'s son, J., was recognized by the park as a "hero" for
helping to save his father, and a state senator was to have formally commended
his heroic effort at a school ceremony on January 27th.  A debriefing and
critique has been held for park staff who participated in the rescue.  [Kurt
Veeck, LAVO, 1/27]

95-33 - Little Bighorn (Montana) - ARPA/NAGPRA Conviction

A Virginia man has entered guilty pleas in federal court to Archeological
Resource Protection Act (ARPA) and Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) violations stemming from thefts from the park.  The
man sold artifacts and human remains to a BLM undercover agent, including
buckles, cartridges, and Native American funerary objects purported to have
come from the battlefield.  He also offered to sell agents human bones and
other sacred objects.  Sentencing is pending; the man has also agreed to
forfeit many other illegally taken artifacts.  BLM agents, who lead the
investigation, worked cooperatively with NPS rangers and agents, FBI agents,
and Park Police officers in this investigation.  [Pat Buccello, SA, RMRO, 1/27]

95-34 - Organ Pipe Cactus (Arizona) - Drug Seizure

On the evening of January 27th, a Border Patrol agent and park rangers tracked
six to eight individuals who had illegally entered the country for about two-
and-a-half miles into the park.  Meanwhile, two other Border Patrol agents set
up surveillance along a highway close to the visitor center, and discovered
five bundles containing about 230 pounds of marijuana at that location.  The
trackers spotted the smugglers who had brought in the marijuana but were unable
to capture them.  [Aniceto L. Olais, CR, ORPI, 1/27]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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