NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, March 14, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-89 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Follow-up on Storm Damage

Several broken water pipe lines were shored and braced yesterday, and work is
scheduled to begin on a third break today.  Trail rehabilitation, including
water-barring, ditch clearance and backfill, continued on all portions of the
Bright Angel trail.  About 30 percent of the trail has so far been repaired. 
Equipment will be leased to pump out the park landfill, but local labor will be
utilized to perform the work.  It's anticipated that the operation will begin
by mid-week.  Sampling and analysis of the water quality in the landfill is
being contracted.  The National Guard, in cooperation with the park, has
brought in ten, 400-gallon, trailer-mounted tanks to supply drinking water. 
Eight are at Mather Point and one each at the South Kaibab and Hermit trail
heads.  Mather campground is honoring reservations that were made prior to
March 8th, but no new reservations will be made during the next six weeks and
no walk-up sites are being sold except in emergency circumstances.  There are
water spigots and portable toilets within each loop.  Camper services,
including laundry and showers, are closed.  The Bright Angel and North Kaibab
trails are closed in their entirety from the rim to the river, and the South
Kaibab trail is closed from the South Rim to Mormon Flats.  All backcountry
permit reservations for these trails have been canceled through April 15th. 
Hiking is still available on other trails in the park.  There are now 225
people assigned full-time to the Canyon Flood Incident.  Cooperating agencies
remain the same as noted yesterday.  [Bryan Swift, IC, GRCA, 3/13]

95-96 - Western/Pacific Northwest Regions - Follow-up on Storm Damage

Additional reports of damage from the severe storms of the past few days have
been received:

* Channel Islands (California) - The storm dropped between two and three inches
of rain on the park over the weekend.  Although less than some other areas, the
fall has had an extreme impact because the ground was totally saturated at the
time.  The rain caused substantial runoffs and extensive erosion to dirt roads
and trails on all islands.  Especially hard hit were the hiking trails on
Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands, which are presently closed to the public for
safety reasons.  Water bars are all eroded and blown out and erosion gullies of
three to four feet are common.  Santa Rosa Island has over 50 miles of dirt
roads which can not be driven because of erosion damage and standing water.  No
buildings or facilities were damaged, however.  Fortunately, funding to repair
the damage from January's storms has not yet arrived, so only a limited amount
of new trail and road work was lost in this storm.  Erosion gullies are getting
deeper, however, and will be harder to repair.

* Point Reyes (California) - The park received about six inches of rain from
the storm.  Park roads and the Bear Valley visitor center remain open, but all
park facilities are without electric power.  Trees have fallen in the
backcountry, but the extent of damage is not yet known.  All four park
campgrounds will be closed until further notice.

* Sequoia/Kings Canyon (California) - Falling trees struck and damaged a
concession cabin at Giant Forest and a private cabin at Grant Grove, but there
have been no other impacts.

* Pinnacles (California) - The park will remain closed until a full assessment
of storm damage is completed.  It's possible that part of the area will be
opened this weekend.  Overflowing streams and rock slides have closed portions
of monument roads in both the east and west districts.  Employees placed
sandbags around the Bear Gulch visitor center to divert fast-flowing water away
from it.  Many large trees have toppled, road and trail bridges are damaged,
and large sections of the park's trail system have been swept away.  The bridge
crossing Chalone Creek sustained a hole around the abutment about nine feet
deep and eight feet across.  Federal highway engineers are in the park to
assess possible structural damage to the bridge.  A rock slide in the
administrative area buried a residential cabin to the window level.  On the
west side, Juniper Canyon creek overflowed its banks, established a new
channel, and flooded Chaparral campground.  At least five of the 18 campsites
have been lost, and a portion of the parking lot was undermined.  Park
personnel placed sandbags to protect their residences from rising water from
the west fork of Chalone creek.  Numerous sewer and utility lines are exposed
on both sides of the park.

* John Muir (California) - The city of Martinez advised the park that it was in
violation of the Clean Water Act due to muddy water flowing from the park
across the sidewalk and down Alhambra Avenue.  Drainage ditches have been dug
and the water has been redirected down a drain behind the visitor center.  Hay
bales have also been placed on the sidewalk to soak up water there.  A
permanent new drainage system will be considered for the area.  The visitor
center has water seeping in from the front outside wall, and the wind is
blowing water under the shingles and leaking into the attic of the Muir House.

* Lassen Volcanic (California) - The park received 34 inches of snow from the
storm, but will not be able to assess problems until it begins to melt off.

* Redwoods (California) - Some trail work will likely be required, but there's
no indication of any serious problems at present.

[Carl Christensen, RAD/WRO; Joe Lusa, CM, REDW; Don Neubacher, Superintendent,
PORE; Jack Fitzgerald, CR, CHIS; Phyllis Shaw, JOMU; Leticia Ruiz, Acting
Superintendent, PINN; Tom Tschohl, SEKI]

95-98 - Olympic (Washington) - Pursuit; Attempted Suicide

A stolen vehicle was identified in Kalaloch campground early on the morning of
March 9th.  A check with local police revealed that the suspected thief had an
extensive record and was reportedly armed and dangerous.  Rangers, Hoh tribal
officers, and Jefferson County deputies contacted the suspect at 10 a.m.  He
fled to the beach with the rangers and officers in pursuit, took cover behind a
mass of beach logs, then shot himself twice in the mouth with a .22 caliber
weapon.  He was immediately taken by helicopter to a local hospital.  [Lisa
Perina, OLYM, 3/10]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

UPCOMING IN CONGRESS

The following activities will be taking place in Congress during coming weeks
on matters pertaining to the National Park Service.  If you would like further
information on any of these hearings or bills, please contact WASO Legislation
at 202-208-3636.

March 23

House Resources' Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands (Hansen):
Markup of H.R. 260, to provide for the development of a plan and management
review of the National Park System and to reform the process by which areas are
considered for addition to the National Park System.

March 28

House Resources' Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands (Hansen):
Hearing on draft legislation which would establish a process for designating
heritage areas.

March 30

House Resources Committee (Young): The committee will meet to consider pending
business.

March 31

House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies (Regula):
NPS FY96 budget.

April 4

Senate Appropriations' Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies (Gorton):
NPS FY96 budget.

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

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