NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, June 16, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-305 - Denali (Alaska) - Rescue

On June 11th, J.M., 30, of Talkeetna, fell nearly 1500 feet while
skiing down from the summit of Mt. Foraker, coming to rest only a few feet from
a 1500 foot cliff.  The other three members of his party lowered J.M. to
the 12,000 foot level of the mountain, then called for help via CB.  The park's
contract Llama helicopter was still down for repairs at the time, so Army
pilots in CH-47 Chinooks responded.  Ranger Kevin Moore was winched down to the
victim, placed in a rescue suit, then winched back up to the helicopter.  This
was the second rescue in three days involving Chinooks.  Due to the very high
costs of flying these helicopters, the battalion commander volunteered to stage
two Chinooks in Talkeetna until the Llama is back on line.  Using non-DOD
rates, the cost of the round trip for two helicopters, the minimum the Army
will send on a mission, can exceed $55,000.  The Llama was back in service on
the afternoon of June 13th.  [Ken Kehrer, CR, DENA, 6/15]

95-306 - Point Reyes (California) - Shipwreck; Oil Spill

For the second time in five days, a ship has come aground in the park and
spilled oil into adjacent waters.  Early on the evening of June 14th, the
captain of a 47-foot salmon trawler out of Washington sent a distress call to
the Coast Guard immediately before hitting the surf line at Drakes Beach.  The
boat had been anchored in the bay for most of the day while the three crew
members attempted to restart its diesel engines.  All three jumped ship and
swam ashore.  A Coast Guard helicopter responded and verified that the trio had
made it to shore.  Responding rangers provided first aid at the scene.  The
uninsured vessel came aground during the night, partly because of a high tide
and winds from a passing storm front.  It's estimated that about 300 gallons of
diesel fuel were spilled into the ocean.  Two one-ton engines and the remains
of the ship are still on the beach.  A multi-agency response was initiated,
including a Coast Guard oil spill team.  Environmental damage is unknown; an
assessment is currently underway.  [Don Neubacher, Superintendent, PORE, 6/15]

95-307 - Canyonlands (Utah) - EMS Response; Life Saved

On the morning of June 14th, rangers were notified that 19-year-old B.Y.
of Morganville, New Jersey, was in distress - ill, vomiting and unable
to walk - on the Syncline Loop trail.  Ranger/paramedic Lisa Lawrence responded
and found B.Y. suffering from borderline heat stroke and in hypovolemic sock. 
She began and IV, cooled him down, and summoned a medivac helicopter from Grand
Junction.  The helicopter had difficulty in landing due to strong, erratic
winds, but was eventually able to land and evacuate the patient to a hospital
in Moab.  He was responding well to medical treatment at the time he was
transported from the park.  [Larry Van Slyke, CR, CANY, 6/15]

FIRE ACTIVITY

The report was unavailable as of Morning Report release time.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

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.

6/23-25 -- Seventeenth Annual Homestead Days, Homestead National Monument of
America, NE.  The park, in cooperation with the city of Beatrice,
will feature demonstrations of crafts and skills related to the
pioneer era.  Featured speakers will give presentations on African-
American homesteaders and the Homestead Act's effects upon American
Indians.  Anyone interested in giving a demonstration should
contact park staff.  Contact: HOME, 402-223-3514.

7/1-7/4 -- Grand Opening and Dedication, Steamtown National Historic Site,
Scranton, PA.  The park will celebrate its grand opening over the
four day period.  Dedication of a new visitor center, theater,
history museum, technology museum, and excursion platform, as well
as the rehabilitated historic roundhouse and oil house, at 1 p.m.
on Saturday, July 1st.  Weekend activities include the arrival of
"guest" steam locomotives, special excursions, living history
demonstrations and musical performances.  Contact: STEA.

7/28-30 -- Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell National Historic Park, Lowell, MA. 
The largest free folk festival in the United States.  Three days of
traditional folk music, dance, craft demonstrations, street
parades, dance parties, and ethnic foods.  Takes place on six
outdoor stages, along canals, and in the streets of the city. 
Contact: LOWE Public Affairs.  

7/29  -- Waterlily Festival, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.  11
a.m. to 3 p.m.  The festival highlights the peak blooming season of
the waterlilies and lotus.  Ranger-led garden walks will be
scheduled throughout the day, and entertainment will be provided. 
Contact: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, 202-426-6905.

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


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