NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, March 3, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-85 - Zion (Utah) - Assist: Felony Assault and Pursuit

Just after midnight on February 28th, a Washington County deputy asked Zion
rangers for assistance in stopping a vehicle that was heading toward the park
on Utah Route 9.  As two rangers from the park responded, the deputy reported
speeds exceeding 100 mph, several attempts to ram his patrol vehicle, and shots
being fired at him by an occupant of the vehicle.  The driver of the fleeing
vehicle lost control of the car three miles west of the park's entrance and
went off the road; the male and female occupants fled on foot in opposite
directions.  Three other rangers responded and a search was begun.  The woman
was apprehended about an hour later by a county deputy.  Around 3 p.m., park
maintenance worker Paul Valencia, who was on-scene as an EMT for the
Springdale/Rockville ambulance, noticed a bush shaking nearby and directed
ranger Ed Dunlavey to the site, where the man was found shivering so hard from
the cold that he was shaking the adjacent bush.  He was arrested and
transported to a local medical facility for treatment of a head wound which
he'd received earlier that day.  While trying to steal the new vehicle of a
local resident in order to escape from the area, the vehicle's 70-year-old
owner had clubbed him in the head with a two by four, effectively dissuading
him from stealing the car.  [Steve Holder, CR, ZION, 3/2]

95-86 - Lake Clark (Alaska) - Assist; Structural Fire

Park personnel responded to an aircraft hanger fire at Port Alsworth on the
evening of Saturday, February 28th.  The community has no fire equipment or
emergency water supply.  The building was fully involved when personnel arrived
and was threatening an adjacent hanger and fuel storage area owned by Lake
Clark Air.  The fire was quickly contained by park staff and further damage was
prevented.  Initial attack with a small pumper protected the fuel storage area
while a thousand-foot hose lay was completed from the nearest water source - an
action that took only ten minutes.  Two more thousand-foot lays were quickly
made and water was drawn from frozen Lake Clark by a high capacity portable
pump.  The building and a Piper PA18 were totally destroyed, and major
components of other aircraft were also destroyed.  There were no serious
injuries.  [Joe Fowler, CR, LACL, 3/1]

95-87 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Drug Seizure and Arrests

On February 20th, South Rim rangers received a report from the South Entrance
Station of a Uhaul truck entering the park with marijuana smoke coming from it. 
The truck was soon stopped, and the patrol ranger noted a strong odor of
burning marijuana as he approached the vehicle.  The driver and passenger
admitted that they'd been smoking marijuana, but said that they'd thrown their
only joint out the window upon seeing the patrol vehicle.  A probable cause
search of the passenger compartment led to the discovery of paraphernalia,
several grams of marijuana, and 4.4 grams of pure methamphetamine.  The
passenger told rangers that there was more methamphetamine in the back of the
truck, and rangers subsequently found 41.8 grams in a container.  Both were
arrested and charged with possession of controlled substances and
paraphernalia.  [CRO, GRCA, 3/1]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Thursday Morning Report - There was no Morning Report yesterday (Thursday,
March 2nd) due to system reconfiguration and upgrading here at Delaware Water
Gap.  Incident reports should still be sent to "WASO Ranger Activities", which
is now under NP-DEWA.

2) Resource Management Plan Software - All parks should have received a
software "patch" to update their new RMP software. This patch will convert your
software from version number 2.10 to 2.11 and must be installed prior to
preparing your annual accomplishments reports.  Anyone not running version 2.11
of the RMP software should contact Tim Goddard at (303) 225-3543.

MEMORANDA

"National Park Week, 1995," sent by Deputy Director Reynolds to all employees
on February 28th.  The text follows:

"We have asked the President to designate May 22-28, 1995 as National Park
Week.

"The celebration of the first National Park Week last year produced many
positive responses from our visitors, from the media, and from our employees --
a record we hope to build on this year.

"National Park Week, 1995 will focus on the rich educational tradition of the
National Park Service.  We want to highlight the tremendous array of learning
opportunities the national park system provides visitors -- especially our
nation's children -- through the Parks as Classrooms, Junior Rangers, and other
interpretive programs.

"Last year, many park units and offices celebrated National Park Week with
special programs and activities.  From comments we received, it was obvious
that many employees believe that National Park Week is an excellent opportunity
for us to showcase our work.  We hope with this little bit of advance notice,
even more units will be able to participate this year and use National Park
Week to reach out to our neighboring communities.  

"While planning is still underway, we do know that several awards will be
announced during National Park Week.  These include the Harry Yount Award for
Excellence in Rangering and a new award for a private citizen who has
demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the national park system.

"The National Park Foundation has developed a new logo for this year's National
Park Week which will be sent out to the parks shortly.  We will also make a
copy of the proclamation available as soon as it is finalized.

"If you have any questions or suggestions about activities or events that could
be promoted Service wide in the celebration of National Park Week, please
contact Sue Waldron, who is coordinating our efforts from the Washington Office
this year.  She can be reached on cc:mail or at 202-208-5477 (fax
202-219-0910).  We are planning to include a national calendar of events in
materials prepared for public/press distribution.  Please let Sue know as you
finalize your plans so we can be sure to highlight your National Park Week
program."

COMING EVENTS CALENDAR

The Coming Events calendar appears in the morning report every other Thursday. 
If you know of a significant event of Servicewide interest, please forward the
listing to WASO Ranger Activities.  Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR
months before the event.  Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of
entry indicate source of information:

3/27-4/9 -- National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC.  Series of annual
events.  Contact: Public Affairs, NCRO.

3/30* -- Frederick Douglass Commemoration, Frederick Douglass Home,
Washington, DC.  Commemoration of Douglass' death with symposium at
the Library of Congress, followed by a tour of his home and a
reception.  The symposium will feature presentations by three
leading scholars in the field of African-American studies - William
McFeely, David Blight and Waldo Martin - and will be held from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the west dining room, sixth floor, Madison
Building, Library of Congress.  Contact: Cynthia Salter-Stith, 202-
690-5185.  [Frank Faragasso, NCP-East]

4/13 -- Thomas Jefferson Birthday, Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC. 
Annual commemoration.  Noon.  Contact: Public Affairs, NCRO.

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


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