NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, October 2, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-620 - Virgin Islands - Follow-up on Hurricane Marilyn

Telephone service has been reestablished at Virgin Island park headquarters at
Red Hook on St. Thomas.  Over the weekend, five tons of supplies - including
five generators, medical supplies and repair parts - were shipped to St. John
on six flights.  A major cargo flight with drinking water and other supplies is
scheduled for St. Croix for today.  NPS assistance centers remain open on St.
Thomas and St. John.  Crews are working on roofs, and more carpenters and
laborers are arriving daily from San Juan.  The visitor center at Cruz Bay on
St. John has reopened, as has the underwater trail at Buck Island Reef.  Other
visitor use facilities on St. Croix remain closed, including Buck Island
itself, the beaches, the pier, and the fort at Christiansted.  Members of the
Southeast Field Area assessment team are scheduled to arrive today to look at
structural damage.  [Kent Cave, IO, IMT]

95-653 - Jean Lafitte (Louisiana) - Tropical Storm Opal

Tropical storm Opal is currently off the east coast of Mexico, but expected to
turn to the northwest today.  Maximum sustained winds are at 65 mph, but some
strengthening is expected over the next couple of days.  Tropical storm force
winds extend out 205 miles from the center.  Landfall is not expected for at
least 72 hours, but voluntary evacuations have begun along the Louisiana coast. 
Facilities and equipment at Jean Lafitte were secured over the weekend, and the
park was to be completely closed yesterday.  All non-essential personnel have
been placed on administrative leave to provide ample time to prepare their
personal property and evacuate the area if necessary.  The park will reopen
once the storm passes or no longer poses a threat to the park.  All
communications should be directed to the park.  If no response is obtained,
they should then be directed to the park through Natchez Trace at 1-800-300-
7275.  [Steve Hickman, IC, IMT, JELA; FEMA Advisory]

95-654 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - Death of Employee

Jesus Almodovar, a masonry worker who'd been employed by the park since 1985,
died at his home on September 27th.  He was in the process of applying for a
disability retirement, and had not worked in the park for some time.  No
further details are available.  [Mark Hardgrove, Acting Superintendent, SAJU]

95-655 - Arches/Canyonlands (Utah) - Assist; Rescue

On September 29th, rangers from the two parks assisted the Grand County
sheriff's office with the rescue of M.M., 32, a rock climber who had
been struck by lightning on Castleton Tower.  They quickly reached her,
provided advanced life support, and evacuated her from the area.  M.M.
suffered burns on 20% of her body.  [Steve Swanke, CANY]

95-656 - Big South Fork (Tennessee/Kentucky) - Assist; Marijuana Eradication

Since late April, rangers have been participating in three multi-agency
marijuana eradication programs - Operations Early Harvest, No Grow and
Cumberland Gap.  The three operations led to the eradication of approximately
18,000 marijuana plants from 200 plots.  Eight people were arrested, and
additional indictments are expected.  [Tim Grooms, LES, BISO]

FIRE ACTIVITY

1) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

2) SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT/FIRE SUMMARY

                                                   Fri      Mon   %   Est
State    Area            Fire/Incident      IMT    9/29     10/2 Con  Con  

 TX   McFaddin NWR       MCR North           --   3,000    3,000  100  CND

 VI   St. Thomas/St. John    "     "         IMT  NPS team - repair, support
 
 AK   Anchorage          River flooding      T1   Damage assessment, relief
      Soldotna               "     "         T2   Damage assessment, relief
      Seward                 "     "         T2   Damage assessment, relief

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            0       0        1       0        38        7         46 
Acres Burned      0       0        0       0        37        3         40

4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -

               Crews     Engines     Helicopters     Airtankers     Overhead

Federal          3           4            2               0            254
Non-federal      0           0            0               0            211

5) SITUATION - Moderate fire activity was reported in California; minor
activity was reported elsewhere.

6) OUTLOOK - Fire weather watches and red flag warnings have been posted for
gusty winds and low relative humidities for parks of California and Arizona. 
Increased activity is possible in both states.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 10/2]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

OBSERVATIONS

The following was sent along by Tom Danton, chief of interpretation at Saguaro:

"In Nature's ennobling and boundless scenes, the hateful boundary lines and the
forts and flags and prejudices of nations are forgotten.  Nature is universal. 
The supreme triumph of parks is humanity....Sometime it may be that an immortal
pine will be the flag of a united and peaceful world."

                                            Enos Mills, "Your National
                                            Parks", 1916

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