NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Monday, November 6, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-720 - Obed (Tennessee) - Arson/Vandalism

On three occasions during the past two months, acts of possibly related arson
and vandalism have occurred in the park.  Chemical toilets, stairs and a
bulletin board were burned at three sites, signs and bulletin boards wee felled
at five sites, five fires were set in a three-acre wooded lot, and a visitor's
vehicle was vandalized and property was stolen from it.  Federal, state and
local officials are investigating the incidents.  [Monika Mayr, Unit Manager,
OBED]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) Resource Awards - Requests for nominations for the Director's Awards for
Natural Resources Management, Natural Resources Stewardship, and Superintendent
of the Year for Natural Resources Stewardship were mailed to all areas during
the week of October 23rd.  Nominations are due to the Associate Director,
Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, by January 5th.  Copies of the
nomination forms are available in WP 5.1 from Debby Peck via cc:Mail.  [Debby
Peck, MIB/WASO]

2) Uniform Ordering - The uniform program has been funded and R&R Uniforms has
completed the necessary activities associated with transition to the new fiscal
year.  Orders may accordingly be submitted.  If, however, you are in an area
with a new organizational code, please contact your park or office uniform
program administrator for special instructions.  [Bill Halainen, RAD/WASO @
DEWA]

3) Information Request - Delaware Water Gap is interested in hearing from any
park with a concessioner-operated swimming beach.  [Dave Herrera, DEWA]

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.

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.  *** POSTPONED ***

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]

12/14-17 -- Managing Search Operations, Imperial Palace Hotel and Conference
Center, Las Vegas, NV.  Sponsored by Emergency Response Institute. 
Fee: $199.  Contact: Course coordinator Neil James, 503-620-2926. 
[Jim Lee, RAD/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]

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

Telephone: 202-208-4874
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