NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, September 15, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-551 - Mojave (California) - Follow-up on Hazardous Materials Dumping 

On September 14th, a federal grand jury returned a 21 felony count indictment
charging Fluid Polymers, a Nevada Corporation; G.L., the president of
that company; and L.L. with unlawfully transporting and disposing of
hazardous waste, water pollution, and injury to federal property.  On the night
of September 14th, a team of investigators arrested G.L., the fourth
arrest in this case.  If convicted, the maximum penalty under federal law is
five years' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 on each count.  This indictment
and the additional arrest stemmed from a joint investigation by the NPS, BLM,
EPA and California Fish and Game into the illegal dumping of industrial wastes,
including hazardous waste, at a dozen sites in the Mojave Desert.  Six of those
sites were within the park.  The case is being prosecuted by the environmental
crimes unit of the U.S. attorney's office for the central district of
California.  That office cited the team for its highly professional and
thorough investigation.  [Bill Blake, CR, MOJA]

95-620 - Caribbean Parks - Hurricane Marilyn

Hurricane Marilyn is on a track which will likely take it over the Virgin
Islands and possibly Puerto Rico.  Windy conditions and increasing showers and
thunderstorms are expected to spread across St. Croix and the U.S. Virgin
Islands early this morning, then spread later in the day to St. Thomas, St.
John and eastern Puerto Rico.  Very strong and gusting winds, flash floods and
mudslides resulting from extreme rainfall, and dangerous surf and storm surges
are threats to the islands in Marilyn's track.  The superintendent of San Juan
ordered the park's hurricane plan to be implemented yesterday morning.  All
preparations were completed late yesterday afternoon.  Christiansted and Virgin
Islands have also been boarded up.  Employees at those parks are to report to
work this morning; they will remain at work until the storm's track can be
accurately determined.  [Mark Hardgrove, SAJU; Francis Peltier, VIIS]

95-621 - Glacier (Montana) - Structural Fire

Just before 4 a.m. on the morning of September 13th, park dispatch received a
phone call reporting a fire in the upper dormitory near the Many Glacier Hotel. 
Residents employed extinguishers on the fire until rangers from Many Glacier
and St. Mary could arrive on scene with two fire engines and a number of
support vehicles.  Local personnel were on scene within six minutes of the
initial call.  The fire was under control by about 5:15 a.m.  Two dorm rooms
sustained both smoke and structural damage from holes made to ventilate the
building, but full damage assessment has not yet been completed.  The cause of
the fire is under investigation.  The hotel closed for the season last Monday,
so the only occupants of the dorm were seven employees engaged in routine
winterizing and closing procedures.  [Amy Vanderbilt, PAO, GLAC]

95-622 - Grand Teton (Wyoming) - MVA with Fatality

J.O, 63, of El Paso, Texas, was killed and her husband, M.O., 67, was
seriously injured when their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a
pickup truck five miles north of Jenny Lake junction on September 2nd.  The
four occupants of the pickup - two adults and two children from Red Lodge,
Montana - were taken to a hospital in Jackson.  M.O. was evacuated by
helicopter.  Three NPS ambulances, two fire engines and five patrol units
responded along with a county extrication team.  The accident is under
investigation.  [Colin Campbell, CR, GRTE]

95-623 - Grand Teton (Wyoming) - Climbing Fatality

On September 4th, K.H., 64, of Houston, Texas, was killed in an
apparent fall on Teewinot Mountain.  K.H. was reported missing by a friend
when he failed to show up at a rendezvous site that evening.  Jenny Lake
rangers Andy Byerly and Bill Culbreth, who were on the Garnet Canyon trail,
traversed over to the mountain the following morning to begin searching for
K.H..  They found his body at the 11,200-foot elevation within a few hours. 
K.H. suffered head injuries and a broken leg; he was not wearing a climbing
helmet.  [Colin Campbell, CR, GRTE]

95-624 - Haleakala (Hawaii) - Search and Rescue

On the night of Tuesday, September 5th, D.L. went swimming in the nude
with three friends in the pools of Oheo Gulch in the park's Kipahulu District. 
All members of the group had been drinking heavily prior to entering the
stream, which soon became swollen from rain and rapidly rose to flood stage. 
Three of the four were able to get out of the stream, but D.L. was swept
away, carried over three waterfalls (one of them nearly 100 feet high), and
carried into the ocean.  Friends reported the incident; a joint park-county
search of the rugged coastline and river banks was begun during the night, but
was called off due to limited visibility.  The search was resumed the following
morning.  Meanwhile, a resident of Koali who lived about three miles from the
area called police at 4 a.m. to report that a man wearing only one sandal -
D.L. - was sitting in his yard.  D.L. told searchers that he blacked out
and couldn't remember what had happened to him.  He was scratched and bruised,
but otherwise free of injury.  D.L. had survived the fall through three
waterfalls and about five hours in shark-infested waters.  He was apparently
washed up on the shoreline some distance from the point where the stream flows
into the ocean.  [Phil Dendel, HALE]

95-625 - Saguaro (Arizona) - Three MVAs with Serious Injuries and Fatality

On September 8th, district ranger Robert Stinson was first on scene at a two-
vehicle, head-on collision on Picture Rocks Road in the Tucson Mountain
District.  The operator of one vehicle, D.M., had crossed the center
line and struck a vehicle driven by J.W.  J.W. and his wife,
S.W., were trapped in their car as it caught on fire.  Stinson and local fire
department personnel used a jaws of life to gain access to the couple, who were
airlifted to a local hospital with serious injuries.  D.M. and another
person were transported by ambulance.  After Stinson and ranger Jon Hale
cleared the scene, they were dispatched to the same location for a one-vehicle
accident in which T.D. flipped his vehicle while driving at a high
rate of speed.  T.D. was assessed by local paramedics, but refused treatment;
he then began to fight with rangers and a deputy, and was arrested on DUI and
felony resisting arrest charges.  The next day, ranger L.W.
responded to a report of fatal accident on Speedway Boulevard at the edge of
the Rincon Mountain District.  Three juveniles had stolen a Toyota Corolla,
then gone drinking at the Douglas Springs trailhead.  Shortly before 4 a.m.,
they left the park at a speed of about 100 mph, went off the road, and struck a
dirt embankment.  One of the three was killed and a second was seriously
injured.  The park instituted a ban on alcohol at the Douglas Springs parking
lot in July, 1994, due to increased underage drinking at that location.  [Paula
Rooney, CR, SAGU]

95-626 - Valley Forge (Pennsylvania) - Homicide; Body Recovery

On the evening of September 10th, rangers Branagh and Zaccola responded to the
report of a falling victim near the park's Innerline Defense Drive.  Upon
arrival, they found visitors and a state trooper performing CPR on a young girl
whose body had been found in the bush off the side of the road.  Initial
information indicated that the child was alone and a possible homicide victim. 
Rangers and local officers soon determined that she had been murdered.  Later
that evening, a local man reported that his wife and daughter were overdue from
a shopping trip and subsequently identified the victim as his two-year-old
daughter, D.M.  Her mother, L.M., 30, was still missing,
but her vehicle was found in a local shopping center where she'd gone shopping
for clothes.  An extensive search of the park was conducted the following day;
assistant chief ranger Doug Germeraad was IC.  Over 130 people, including park
staff, volunteer firefighters, FBI agents, local and state police, and
citizens, searched the grounds with the assistance of helicopters and dog
units, but found no sign of her.  Later that day, Caleb Fairley, 22, an
employee of the clothes store, was charged with both murders.  In return with a
deal in which the death penalty would not be sought on the murder charges,
Fairley gave the location of the mother's body, which was outside the park in
another township.  Both murders took place at the store.  [CRO, VAFO]

95-627 - National Capitol Parks (DC) - Assault with Intent to Kill

Park Police officers responded to a stabbing in DuPont Circle on the evening of
September 13th.  The stabbing followed an argument between two indigents.  The
victim was taken to a local hospital and is in serious condition.  The
assailant was arrested at the scene and charged with assault with intent to
kill.  (Editor's note: Virtually all parks and "green areas" in DC are under
concurrent NPS and city jurisdiction.  Park Police assume lead responsibility
for patrol and response to incidents in those areas).  [Bill Lynch, RLES, NCFA]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level I

2) LARGE FIRE SUMMARY

                                                   Thur     Fri    %   Est
State    Area                Fire         IMT      9/14     9/15  Con  Con  

 MA   State              Shatterack        --       500      400   50  CN 9/17

 ID   Boise NF           Whiskey           T2       370      310   35  CN 9/16
      Shoshone Dis.    * Shodde North                 -    1,300   90  CN 9/14

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            2       2        4       0        91       14        113 
Acres Burned     15       0       75       0     1,165       31      1,286

4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -

               Crews     Engines     Helicopters     Airtankers     Overhead

Federal           13        24           12               2             82
Non-federal        5         3            0               0              6

5) COMPARATIVE SUMMARY -

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

Number of Fires - U.S.                 74,790                  60,684     
Acres Burned - U.S.                 1,667,682               2,758,018 
Number of Fires - Canada                7,997                       -
Acres Burned - Canada              17,519,075                       -

6) SITUATION - Fire activity remained moderate yesterday.

7) OUTLOOK - A fire weather watch has been posted for dry lightning in eastern
Oregon.  Activity is expected to remain moderate, with some increase in
activity in areas where dry lightning has been forecast.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 9/15]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

OBSERVATIONS

Dave Harmon from the George Wright Society has identified Louis Cramton, the
source of the quote in yesterday's Morning Report: "Louis Cramton was a member
of Congress from Michigan who took a considerable interest in parks in the
1920s and (I think) early 30s."  Thanks, Dave.  Today's entry comes from 
"Conservation Quotes", issued in January, 1953, by Director Connie Wirth.  Can
anyone identify the author?

"We should be as prophetic in foreseeing park needs and as generous in
satisfying them as we can, for the longer the waiting, the more difficult and
costly the task will be."

                                                    Harold A. Caparn

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