- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, July 31, 1995
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, July 31, 1995
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
95-469 - Glen Canyon (Arizona/Utah) - Thefts
The night auditor at the Bullfrog lodge and marina returned home at 6 a.m. on
July 23rd to find that her pickup truck was missing. Shortly thereafter, the
administrative cashier discovered that all the night deposit bags from the busy
weekend had been cut open prior to being deposited in a drop safe. An
estimated $50,000 was missing. A night security guard is the prime suspect, as
he had access to the night audtori's vehicle and signed for receipt of each of
the deposit bags. He could not be located in the area, and failed to appear
for his shift that afternoon. Investigators have learned that there is an
outstanding warrant against him for a previous vehicle theft. [Tomie Lee, CR,
GLCA]
95-470 - Glen Canyon (Arizona/Utah) - Serious Visitor Injury
On the afternoon of July 26th, J.M., 42, was waterskiing with four
other people behind a boat when the rope he was using became tangled around his
wrist, tightened and severed his hand. Park medics responded and evacuated him
to a hospital in Page. Park divers were called out in an effort to retrieve
J.M.'s hand in the hope that it could be reattached. The water at that
location, however, was about 150 feet deep, which reduced the likelihood of
recovering it. Doctors also determined that such surgery would not be feasible
due to the nature of the injury. The search was accordingly terminated.
[Tomie Lee, CR, GLCA]
95-471 - Glen Canyon (Arizona/Utah) - Drug and Theft Arrests
On July 23rd, camper J.S. reported to rangers that L.H., a
friend of his, was camping at the Upper Bullfrog beach and had a stolen Jeep in
his possession. The Jeep was sighted and stopped as it left the area. L.H.
first provided an alias, but subsequently admitted to both stealing the vehicle
and possessing methamphetamine. It also turned out that J.S. had reported
L.H. because L.H. had stolen the methamphetamine from J.S. L.H.,
J.S., and a third companion, Howard Martindale, were arrested and charged on
a number of counts, including check fraud. The trio had stolen and forged
checks in their possession, and had used at least one while in the area.
Rangers also found that L.H. was wanted on several warrants and had been
involved in a high speed chase in Salt Lake City during the previous week.
[Tomie Lee, CR, GLCA]
95-472 - Lake Meredith (Texas) - Rescue
Rangers received word that a man was drowning at the Stilling Basin swimming
area on July 27th; when they arrived on scene, they found a visitor performing
CPR on P.K., 40. The rangers assisted with CPPR and rescue breathing
until paramedics arrived on scene. Witnesses said that P.K. drank two quarts
of beer immediately before entering the water, and that another visitor had
pulled him from the lake. P.K. was taken to a local, where he refused
treatment and left against medical advice. [Mark Foust, ACR, LAMR]
95-473 - Chattahoochee (Georgia) - Suicide
A hiker came upon the body of a 38-year-old woman on the Fox Lopp trail in the
Sope Creek unit on the morning of July 25th. A joint park-county investigation
was conducted, and it was determined that the woman, P.J., had
committed suicide at that location. [Dispatch, CHAT]
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
2) LARGE FIRE SUMMARY
% Est
State Area Fire IMT 7/28 7/31 Con Con
CA Riverside RU Stanley ST 4,000 xxxxx 0 NEC
Richey -- 800 xxx 10 NEC
San Bernadino NF Crowder -- 1,000 xxxxx 100 CND
UT Richfield Dis. Cove Fort -- 2,264 xxxxx 75 CN 7/29
S.L. City Dis. Stansbury Island -- 3,430 xxxxx 82 CN 7/28
CO Craig Dis. Spring -- 505 xxx 75 CN 7/28
HEADING NOTES:
Fire * = newly reported fire (on this report). Cx = complex.
IMT T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST1 = state Type 1; ST2 = state Type 2.
% Con Percent of fire contained.
Est Con Estimated containment date. NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report.
3) FIRES YESTERDAY -
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Number 3 11 16 0 76 23 129
Acres Burned 0 48 2,003 0 2,207 1,233 5,491
4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Federal 28 69 21 10 17
Non-federal 4 6 0 0 1
5) COMPARATIVE SUMMARY -
CY 1995 Five Year Average
Year-to-Date Year-to-Date
Number of Fires - U.S. 52,525 45,440
Acres Burned - U.S. 982,399 1,584,820
Number of Fires - Canada 6,236 -
Acres Burned - Canada 12,969,624 -
6) SITUATION -
7) OUTLOOK -
[NIFCC Incident Management Situation Report, 7/31]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No field reports today.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No notes.
MEETINGS/TRAINING CALENDAR
Calendar appears in the morning report every other Monday. If you know of a
conference, meeting or training session with Servicewide interest and
implications, please forward the listing to WASO Ranger Activities. Entries
are listed no earlier than FOUR months before the event, EXCEPT in instances in
which registration dates close much earlier. Asterisks indicate new entries;
brackets at end of entry indicate source of information:
8/6-10 -- 46th Annual American Institute of Biological Sciences Meeting of
Scientific Societies, Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, CA.
Contact: AIBS Meetings Office, 800-992-2427 (phone) or 202-628-1509
(fax). [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
8/8-10 -- "Repellents in Wildlife Management", symposium, Sheraton Hotel,
Denver Tech Center, Denver, CO. Early registration fee is $125;
$150 after June 30th. Contact: Office of Conference Services,
Colorado State University, 970-491-7501. [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
8/10-11 -- Global Positioning Systems and Data Recorders, Athens, GA.
Contact: Richard Field, 706-542-3063 (phone). [Steve Cinnamon,
MWRO]
8/14-16* -- African-American Heritage Tourism in the Delta Region, Baton Rouge,
LA. NPS-sponsored conference to identify African-American heritage
areas in the lower Mississippi delta and to focus on methods to
enhance heritage tourism and preservation. Contact: 504-589-3882
extension 110. [Kate Richardson, JELA]
8/28-9/1 -- Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, Whitefish,
MT. Contact: Jane Taylor, 406-329-3463 (phone). [Steve Cinnamon,
MWRO]
8/29-9/3 -- Meeting, Society of American Archivists, Washington, DC. Contact:
SAA, 312-922-0140 (phone). [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
9/6-8* -- Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Diversity Symposium, East Dubuque,
IA. Registration before August 10th is $40; after August 10th it
is $50. Contact: Glen Kruse, Division of Natural Heritage, 524
South Second Street, Springfield, IL 62701-1787. [Steve Cinnamon,
MWRO]
9/12-14* -- Blasting and Explosives Seminar, Pittsburgh, PA. Course on
blasting and explosives safety, presented by Explosives Educational
Services, Inc. Contact: Carol Lippincott at 1-800-283-2331 or 817-
573-1630. [Jim Lee, RAD/WASO]
9/12-17 -- "Excellence in Wildlife Stewardship through Science and Education",
Second Annual Conference, Wildlife Society, Portland, OR. Nineteen
on-going symposia, 21 sessions featuring contributed papers and
posters, trade show. Child care available. Early registration fee
for members is $125, $170 for non-members; fees increased by $35
after August 14th. Contact: Wildlife Society, 5410 Grosvenor Lane,
Bethesda, MD 20814-2197; fax: 301-530-2471. [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
9/18-20 -- Seventh International Disaster Recovery Symposium and Exhibition,
Atlanta, GA. Contact: 314-894-0276. [Diane Vogt O'Connor,
CSD/WASO]
9/18-22 -- Teaching with Historic Places, Mather EDC, Harpers Ferry, WV.
Training course in which participants will use an established model
to develop lesson plans employing historic places in their parks.
Completed lesson plans can be used both on- and off-site. There is
no fee; travel and per diem are by benefitting account. The
application deadline is August 4th. Contact: Marilyn Harper,
National Register of Historic Places, WASO, 202-343-9546 or via
cc:Mail by name. [Marilyn Harper, IRD/WASO]
9/26-28* -- Blasting Application Seminar, Las Vegas, NV. Course on basic
surface blasting applications, presented by Explosives Educational
Services, Inc. Contact: Carol Lippincott at 1-800-283-2331 or 817-
573-1630. [Jim Lee, RAD/WASO]
9/27-30 -- Second Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference,
Steamboat Springs, CO. Contact: Dr. Calvin Jennings, Department of
Anthropology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80512-
1787. [Ken Cannon, MWAC]
10/11-14 -- Workshop for Historians and Interpreters/Western History
Association Conference, Executive Tower Inn, Denver, CO. The
workshop on the first day will focus on interpretive and historical
concerns of NPS areas; the conference will address specific issues
that challenge a reorganized National Park Service in the immediate
and long-term future. $35 registration fee for conference.
Contact (no later than August 15th): Dr. Art Gomez, Santa Fe SSO,
via cc:Mail. [Laura Feller, WASO]
10/8-14 -- GIS and Remote Sensing, Front Royal, VA. Contact: Rose Meier,
Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, Front
Royal, VA 22630; 703-635-6500 (phone); nzpcrc01@sivm.si.edu
(Internet). [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
10/12-13 -- First Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Review, Charlottesville, VA. Contact:
Scott Salom, 703-231-4029 (phone). [Steve Cinnamon, MWRO]
10/16-18* -- Seventh Annual Federal Preservation Forum Meeting, Denver, CO. The
forum promotes constructive dialog among participants in federal
historic preservation programs. Members share information at the
annual meeting on ways to improve federal programs. Topics will
include the future of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, the DOD legacy, Native American issues, resources
training for non-preservation managers, and case history problems
and successes. Contact: Rhoda Lewis, USFWS, 303-236-8145 (phone);
Rhoda_LewisAmail.fws.gove (Internet). [Anne Vawser, MWAC]
10/16-20 -- "Managing Parks Sustainably: Seminar on Environmental Issues",
Xerox Center, Leesburg, VA. Presented by WASO Environmental
Quality Division in conjunction with the Environmental Law
Institute. The seminar will address ways to incorporate
sustainability into aspects of park management ranging from visitor
impacts and facilities location and design to resource management
and ecosystem considerations, and will explore legal tools and
opportunities for moving toward sustainable decision-making for
park and adjacent resources. Limited to 40 people. Contact: Jacob
Hoogland, EQD/WASO, 202-208-5214. [Jake Hoogland, EQD/WASO]
10/18-22 -- 53rd Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie, WY. Contact: Sue
Powell, PO Box 3972, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071-3972;
307-476-2124 (phone); PLNCONF@UWYO.EDU (Internet). [Ken Cannon,
MWAC]
10/19-22 -- "Reflections on Relationships on Oral History Research", Oral
History Association, Milwaukee, WI. Contact: Tim Erickson, 414-
229-6980 (phone), 414-229-6766 (fax). [Diane Vogt O'Connor,
CSD/WASO]
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