NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, May 1, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-186 - Sleeping Bear Dunes (Michigan) - Militia Activity

While watching news reports regarding the Michigan Militia last week, a
seasonal ranger recognized the group's emblem as one she'd seen in the park on
two occasions last summer.  The first incident occurred while she was bicycling
in the park.  She came upon a parked van occupied by two men and a woman, all
of whom were wearing camouflaged fatigues and corresponding face paint.  Then,
on August 12th, she came upon two men and two women in camouflage fatigues and
face paint while investigating a report of four people illegally camped in a
remote area of the park.  She attempted to question them, but they would not
acknowledge her and walked past her to their vehicle.  As they prepared to
depart, the driver simply said "We're leaving."  Due to concerns for her safety
if she pressed the issue, she allowed them to leave, while noting the vehicle's
license plate number.  [Bob Saddler, DR, SLBE, 4/28]

95-187 - Yosemite (California) - Serious EMS Incident

On the morning of April 20th, M.P., 33, the daughter of a retired
Yosemite magistrate, began suffering seizures while in Yosemite West. 
Ranger/medics determined that she was suffering from status epilepticus, a
serious condition in which multiple seizures occur in rapid succession.  She
was stabilized and taken by ambulance to the park clinic, then transferred to a
hospital in Modesto, where she was treated and subsequently released.  [Kevin
McMillan, YOSE, 4/28]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Follow-up on Wolf Reintroduction

During a routine monitoring flight on Wednesday, April 26th, park biologists
received a "mortality" signal from the collar of the alpha male from the Rose
Creek Pack.  The mortality signal occurs if an animal is stationary for at
least four hours, at which point the rate of the signal doubles, indicating
that the animal is not moving and possibly dead.  The monitoring crew notified
the Fish and Wildlife Service's Helena office of the signal and position, which
was east of Red Lodge, Montana.  FWS biologists located the signal by air the
following morning, and subsequently found the wolf's collar - but not the wolf. 
The condition of the collar indicated that it may have been physically removed,
rather than having slipped off the animal.  The wolf and its mate were last
located in Custer National Forest on April 24th.  FWS is offering a reward of
$1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any individual
or individuals responsible for taking the wolf.  The contact number for FWS
agents in Billings is 406-247-7355. [Mike Smith, USFWS]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

OBSERVATIONS

This is the first in a series of observations about the National Park Service
that have been made by notable women and men.  It will appear intermittently at
the end of the Morning Report.  

 "I earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks. 
Such legislation is essential to the proper management of those wondrous
manifestations of Nature, so startling and so beautiful that everyone
recognizes the obligations of the Government to preserve them for the
edification and recreation of the people...every consideration of
patriotism and love of Nature and of beauty and of art requires us to
expend money enough to bring all of these natural wonders within easy
reach of our people.  The first step in that direction is the
establishment of a responsible bureau, which shall take upon itself the
burden of supervising the parks and of making recommendations as to the
best method of improving their accessibility and usefulness."

                                               William Howard Taft

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