NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, August 8, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-469 - Gulf Islands (Florida/Mississippi) - Follow-up on Hurricane Erin

Cleanup efforts continue in the park.  A good deal of progress was made over
the weekend, and plans still are to open Forts Pickens and Barrancas on Friday. 
The Santa Rosa day use area remains closed indefinitely while the park
negotiates with Gulf Power to replace the downed overhead lines with
underground lines.  Except for Santa Rosa, all areas now have full power and
phone service.  The Naval Live Oaks visitor center will probably open tomorrow
to provide information to visitors, but trails in the area will remain closed
until downed trees can be removed.  An overflight of the entire Florida
District is scheduled for tomorrow.  [Gene Phillips, CR, GUIS]

95-495 - Lake Mead (Nevada) - Homicide

Two visitors near Horse Power Cove at Boulder Beach came upon a body floating
in the lake on the afternoon of August 4th.  Rangers subsequently recovered the
body of an adult male from the shallow water just off the shoreline.  He had
been shot in the back several times, and rocks had been tied to his body in an
apparent attempt to prevent its discovery.  Park and Las Vegas investigators
are conducting the investigation.  [Dale Antonich, CR, LAME]

95-496 - Death Valley (California) - Structural Fire

A fire was reported in a residential trailer in the Furnace Creek Ranch
employee housing area at 7:30 a.m. on August 4th.  Park and volunteer
firefighters were dispatched to the scene and were able to confine the fire to
a rear bedroom.  The trailer was unoccupied at the time.  Since this was the
second trailer fire in the park within the last two weeks, a state arson
investigator was asked to look into the cause of the fire.  He determined that
it was started by a failure and short in an electrical outlet.  Arson is still
suspected in the fire that occurred on July 27th, however, and an investigation
by the county sheriff's office is underway.  [Mark Maciha, DR, South District,
DEVA]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level III

2) LARGE FIRE SUMMARY

                                                                  %   Est
State    Area                Fire         IMT       8/7      8/8  Con Con  

 ID   Boise NF           Lakes             T1     1,000    1,100   15  CN 8/11
      Idaho Falls Dis.   Dempsey           --       200      200  100  CND
      Shoshone Dis.    * Bear Trap         --         -    4,000   65  CN 8/8

 UT   State            * Camp William      --         -    2,000    0  NR
      S.L. City Dis.   * Puddle/Lake       --         -    8,000    0  NR

 CA   Klamath NF         Pony              T2       965    1,099   80  CN 8/8
      Riverside RU       Verbenia          ST    18,500   23,500   50  NEC

 AZ   Grand Canyon NP    Matthes           T2     1,900    1,823  100  CND
      State              Monks Draw        --       500       NR   NR  NR
      Safford Dis.     * Sombrero          --         -      620   NR  NR
                       * Parson Cyn        --         -      110  100  CND

 NV   Humboldt NF        Battle Creek      T2     2,000    7,500   30  CN 8/11
      State            * South Fork Cx     T1         -      800   30  CN 8/9
      Carson City Dis. * Toll Road         T2         -      450   10  CN 8/8

 WY   Rock Spr. Dis.   * Johnson Draw      --         -      350   50  CN 8/8

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      23       10       0         3       57        141
Acres Burned      0     198    4,919       0     5,210    7,498     17,825

4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -

               Crews     Engines     Helicopters     Airtankers     Overhead

Federal           81       190           42               7            140
Non-federal       34        19            2               0             30

5) COMPARATIVE SUMMARY -

                                      CY 1995            Five Year Average
                                    Year-to-Date           Year-to-Date

Number of Fires - U.S.                 56,693                  51,044     
Acres Burned - U.S.                 1,311,833               1,964,974 
Number of Fires - Canada                6,478                       -
Acres Burned - Canada              14,562,835                       -

6) FIRE NARRATIVES -

* Battle Creek, Humboldt NF - Sustained high winds caused extreme fire behavior
yesterday.  Two outbuildings were destroyed; wildlife habitat, additional
structures, and archeological sites are threatened.  

* South Fork Complex, Nevada State - The complex consists of the south Fork and
Cissilline fires, each 400 acres.  Strong, erratic winds have caused the fires
to spread rapidly.  Current threats are to archeological sites, rangeland and
wildlife habitat.

7) SITUATION - Fire activity increased yesterday in the Great Basin and
Rockies; moderate initial attack was reported elsewhere.  Resource mobilization
remains moderate.  About 30 crews and a Type I team have been sent to fires in
the Great Basin.
 
8) OUTLOOK - Four fire weather watches are in effect - for gusty winds and low
humidity in northern California; for gusty winds in southern Nevada; for dry
fuels, low humidity, warm temperatures, strong winds and dry lightning in
southern Utah; and for warm temperatures, low humidity, strong winds and
scattered lightning in most of Wyoming.  Isolated to widely scattered
thunderstorms will occur throughout the West today; increased fire activity is
accordingly anticipated. 

[NIFCC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/8]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Information Request - George Washington Memorial Parkway is looking into the
development of a river access plan to address issues and proposals for
recreational and commercial boat access to shores administered by the park. 
Although the park does not administer the river itself, it administers most of
the shoreline and some of the river bottom.  If you have a river access plan -
or an access plan for any other body of water - that might be applicable,
they'd appreciate hearing from you.  Please direct your responses to Dan Sealy
or Gary Pollock, both of whom are on cc:Mail by name, or call 703-285-2589.

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 Stacey Rickard in
WASO Legislation at 202-208-3636.


               *** No hearings or markups currently scheduled ***


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