- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Wednesday, October 11, 1995
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Wednesday, October 11, 1995
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
95-653 - Eastern Parks - Follow-up on Hurricane Opal
Three follow-up reports on Hurricane Opal have been received:
Blue Ridge - Two sections of the parkway in the Asheville District remain
closed. Visitors are using state highways to detour around the closed
areas. All campgrounds, visitor centers and concession operations are
back to normal operations. The parkway should be fully operational
within a week.
Horseshoe Bend - Power was restored to the park yesterday and facilities
reopened.
Carl Sandburg - The park reopened late on the afternoon of October 5th.
Major clean-up efforts involved removing downed trees from visitor use
areas and trails. There was no damage to park structures.
[Art Frederick, BLRI; Faye Johnson, HOBE; Connie Hudson Backlund,
Superintendent, CARL]
95-672 - Grand Teton (Wyoming) - Search and Rescue
Late on the night of September 25th, Jenny Lake rangers received a report of an
overdue rock scrambler who'd last been seen near the Cascade Canyon trail
around 3 p.m. that afternoon. A hasty team began a search for the man,
identified as 24-year-old K.B. of West Seneca, New York; they found his
pack, but no sign of K.B. Further efforts that night were equally
fruitless. Two park dog teams, eight climbing rangers and the park's contract
helicopter joined in the search the following morning. Searchers focused on
the steep, semi-technical and technical climbing terrain on the lower slopes of
the Storm Point - Ice Point massif. Around 11:30 a.m., ground searchers found
K.B. wedged beneath a large boulder. He had suffered from multiple traumatic
injuries and was unresponsive. K.B. was stabilized by park medics, then
lowered several hundred feet down a talus slope on a litter, transported by
boat across Jenny Lake, transferred to an ambulance, and taken to a hospital in
Jackson, where he was admitted with a crushed lumbar vertebra, a head injury,
and multiple contusions and lacerations. It appears that K.B. fell an
undetermined distance down a near-vertical cliff. The impact from his initial
fall was apparently cushioned by a dense grove of aspen trees, which likely
prevented more serious and possible fatal injuries. [Colin Campbell, CR, GRTE]
95-673 - Crater Lake (Oregon) - Mushroom Poaching
Mushroom harvesting has been heavy along the park's northeast boundary during
recent days. Many pickers parked their vehicles along Highway 138 and on roads
in the Winema National Forest, then entered the park to illegally poach
mushrooms. Eight citations were issued for commercial harvesting and two more
for illegal possession of weapons in the park. Rangers seized harvesting
equipment, about 15 pounds of mushrooms, and two semi-automatic handguns.
Forest Service law enforcement officers issued more than a dozen citations in
the forest's "no picking" zone and confiscated weapons and over 90 pounds of
mushrooms. Park, Forest Service and county personnel also combined on a number
of searches for "lost" pickers on adjoining properties. [Uwe Nehring, DR, Red
Cone District, CRLA]
95-674 - Bandelier (New Mexico) - Burglary Arrest
Rangers arrested A.P., 18, on a local warrant for burglary on September
22nd. A.P., a daily visitor to a park resident since early September, became
a suspect in thefts from both the park and local fire department SAR caches
after a volunteer SAR group leader notified rangers that some of the stolen
items (all of which were marked) had appeared for sale at a used equipment
store in Santa Fe. Over $6,000 in climbing gear was taken in three thefts,
effectively wiping out the area's cliff rescue capability. A.P. is still in
jail with state charges pending and cash bond set at $8,000. Much of the
equipment was recovered, but the actual loss to the park is still over $1,000.
A.P. gained access to the park cache with the aid of a local resident. The
investigation is continuing; the case will be referred to the U.S. attorney for
additional federal charges. [Carl Newman, CR, BAND]
95-675 - Natchez Trace (Mississippi/Alabama/Tennessee) - MVA-Related Fatality
E.N., 35, of Houston, Mississippi, was sitting on bales of hay on a hay
trailer traveling on the parkway on September 28th when the load shifted and he
fell to the pavement. E.N. sustained head injuries in the accident, and died
at the North Mississippi Medical Center on October 5th. [Tim Francis, ACR,
NATR]
[Additional pending reports tomorrow...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level I
2) SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT/FIRE SUMMARY
Tues Wed % Est
State Area Fire/Incident IMT 10/10 10/11 Con Con
GA Crestview (FL) Hurricane Opal T2 Manage distribution center
VI St. Thomas/John Hurricane Marilyn T2 NPS team - repair, support
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 1 5 0 30 9 45
Acres Burned 0 800 1 0 15 30 846
4) COMMITTED RESOURCES -
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Federal 2 6 2 0 138
Non-federal 0 0 0 0 2
5) FIRE NARRATIVES -
* Vision Fire, Point Reyes - The fire started last week from an illegal
campfire on adjacent state park land. By the time it was fully controlled on
Tuesday, a total of 12,354 acres and 47 homes (valued between $20 and $30
million) had burned. The area of the park which burned stretched from Mount
Vision ot the Pacific Ocean and south to Sky Trail. Firefighters, however,
were able to save the environmental education center in Limantour and other
park housing in that area. As a result of the extensive damage to wildlands
and residential lots, the rehabilitation effort is being treated as a separate
incident. The IC for Vision Rehab is Tom Gavin (JOTR). Dozer-made fire breaks
along the Sky Trail are of great concern to the rehab team. The Burned Area
Emergency Rehabilitation Team (BAER), under Gavin's direction, is assessing the
effects of the fire and will make recommendations to the park's superintendent
later this week. The northern part of the park opened to the public yesterday;
the burn area and southern section of the park remain closed until further
notice. The Bear Valley visitor center will remain closed until Sunday.
6) SITUATION - No significant fire activity was reported yesterday.
7) OUTLOOK - A fire weather watch has been posted for the upper Sacramento
Valley for strong gusty winds, low humidity and warm temperatures. Fire
activity may increase in this area.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report and reports from PORE and Holly
Bundock, PWFO]
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.
NOTE: Due to the number of entries submitted to "Calendar" and the limited
space available, brevity is appreciated.
10/15-19* -- Land Trust Alliance National Rally, Asilomar Conference Center,
Asilomar, CA. Contact: Andrea Freeman, 202-638-4725. [Sheila Lee,
RRAD/WASO]
10/16-17* -- "To Market, To Market: Developing Public Support for Conservation
through Marketing", National Institute of Conservation, Washington,
DC. Contact: Jennifer LeFurgy, NIC, 202-625-1495 or 202-625-1485
(fax). [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
10/16-18 -- Meeting, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Review Committee, Anchorage Hilton, Anchorage, AK. Agenda:
Comments on the committee's draft recommendations regarding
disposition of culturally unidentifiable remains in museums and
federal collections; review of written evidence on disputes
involving the Oneida and Kiowa nations; discussion of the
application of the statue in Alaska. The committee is particularly
interested in attracting federal land managers, museum
representatives, and Alaska native village and corporation members.
Open to the public. Contact: Dr. Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, NPS, 202-343-4101, or Tim
McKeown, 202-343-1142. [Tim McKeown, AAD/WASO]
10/16-18 -- 1995 Rocky Mountain Symposium on Environmental Issues in Oil and
Gas Operations, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO. Topics
include compliance and risk assessment, environmental planning and
mitigation, education, air quality and bioremediation. $395. A
preliminary program is available. Contact: Bruce Heise, Geologic
Resources Division, 303-969-2017, or by name on cc:Mail, or via
Internet at bruce_heise@nps.gov. [Bruce Heise, GRD]
10/16-18 -- Seventh Annual Federal Preservation Forum Meeting, Denver, CO.
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_Lewis@mail.fws.gov (Internet). [Anne Vawser, MWAC]
10/16-20 -- "Managing Parks Sustainably: Seminar on Environmental Issues",
Xerox Center, Leesburg, VA. 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: Susan Cresswell, 202-208-4274. [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]
10/19 -- "Asking for Money in Person", workshop prior to "Partners at Work"
conference, Tamiment, PA. Contact: Joanne Hanley, WORI, 315-568-
2991. [Joanne Hanley, WORI]
10/19-22 -- "Partners at Work: Supporting National Parks from Maine to
Virginia", 1995 Partnership Conference, Tamiment Resort, Tamiment,
PA. Co-sponsored by NPCA, ENP&MA, NPF and the NPS. The conference
will provide a forum for building on the successes of recent
partnerships, setting directions that will help new partnerships
develop, and assisting current partners. Registration before
September 29th is $75. Contact: Friends of Independence NHP, 313
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. For hotel reservations,
call 1-800-233-8105. [Susan Moore, ANTI/MONO; Joanne Hanley, WORI]
10/19-22 -- "Livelihood and Liveability", Eighth International Conference of
the Society for Human Ecology, Granlibakken Conference Center,
Tahoe City, CA. Topics will include conservation biology,
populations and development, aesthetics and the environment,
ecotourism, and women and development. Members $85, non-members
$125. Contact: Dr. Nancy L. Markee, University of Nevada, Mail
stop 199, Reno, NV 89557; 702-784-1674; nlmarkee@scs.unr.edu. [Don
Briggs]
10/22-28* -- Meeting, Association of Records Managers and Archivists, Nashville,
TN. Contact: 1-800-422-2762. [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
10/24-27 -- "The Role of Earth Science Information in Metal Mining
Environmental Issues", training course, Denver, CO. $200 for
course; $100 for field trip. Contact: Bob Higgins, NPS Geologic
Resources Division, via cc:Mail.
10/25-28 -- "Quality Cave Management Involves Everyone", National Cave
Management Symposium, Mitchell, IN. Contact: Keith Dunlap, 317-
242-2505. [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
10/28-11/1* -- Society of American Foresters Annual Convention, Portland, ME.
Contact: Mary Yedgarlof, 301-897-8720. [Sheila Lee, RRAD/WASO]
11/5-7 -- "Leadership from the Inside Out", Radisson Hotel, Saint Paul, MN.
Course, which qualifies as official NPS training, will be held
prior to Ranger Rendezvous. $150 for ANPR and ANPME members; $180
for non-members. Deadline for registration is October 7th.
Contact: Gary Warshefski, 315-337-5176. [Bill Wade, SHEN]
11/5-8 -- Public Benefits of Archeology Conference, Santa Fe, NM. Sponsored
by NPS and several other organizations. $50. Contact: Barbara
Little via cc:Mail or at 202-343-9513. [Barbara Little, IRD/WASO]
11/7-11 -- Ranger Rendezvous XIX, Radisson Hotel, St. Paul, MN. Presented by
the Association of National Park Rangers and the Association of
National Park Maintenance Employees. Conference includes speakers,
exhibitor sessions, and workshops. Topics will cover the full
spectrum of NPS activities, including cultural and natural
resources, interpretation, protection, maintenance, employee
issues, partnerships, and life in the new NPS. Contact: Barbara
Goodman, 941-792-0458, or Tony Sisto, 503-326-6270. [Barbara
Goodman, DESO]
11/13-15 -- Fire Effects on Threatened and Endangered Species and Habitats,
Coeur d'Alene, ID. Contact: International Association of Wildland
Fire, 509-283-2397. [Kathy Jope, PNRO]
11/13-17 -- Basic Wetland Delineation, Holiday Inn, Austin, TX. A five-day
class on the application of the wetland delineation procedures put
on by the Wetland Training Institute. The cost is $850. Contact:
Wetland Training Institute, 301-972-8112, or Leslie Krueger, NPS
Water Resources Division, 303-969-2815.
11/14-17 -- Environmental Crimes Investigation, BLM National Training Center,
Phoenix, AZ. A joint NPS, FBI, and BLM basic in-service training
course for law enforcement people in the western United States.
Contact your field area office or SSO chief ranger for information
and applications. [Einar Olsen, CR, RSD/NCAO]
11/15-18* -- Fifth National Rails-to-Trails Conference, Clearwater/St.
Petersburg, FL. Contact: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 202-797-
5430. [Sheila Lee, RRAD/WASO]
11/27-30* -- "The Real Magic", National Interpreters Workshop, Orlando, FL.
Contact: Amy Galperin, National Association of Interpretation, 303-
239-3960. [Sheila Lee, RRAD/WASO]
12/2-4* -- North American Water Trails Conference, Clearwater, FL. Contact:
Lelia Mellen, 802-457-4323. [Sheila Lee, RRAD/WASO]
2/8-10* -- "Opening Doors: The Southeastern Regional Conference on African
American Historic Preservation," South Carolina African American
Heritage Council, Charleston, SC. Topics include historic
preservation, building community support, funding courses and
historical research methods. Registration: $125. Contact: Cynthia
Baxter, 803-734-8611. [Michael Allen, SC Department of Archives
and History]
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