NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, November 8, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-725 - Golden Gate (California) - Whale Beaching

On the afternoon of November 4th, a dead, 30- to 40-ton humpback whale washed
ashore at Stinson Beach and became an instant visitor attraction.  After
consultation with various individuals and organizations, including the Coast
Guard, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Sanctuary and
California Department of Fish and Game, it was decided that the best course of
action would be to dispose of the whale by burying it on the beach.  A park
roads and trails crew was scheduled to employ three bulldozers yesterday in an
attempt to do so.  [CRO, GOGA]

95-726 - Buffalo (Arkansas) - Rescue

A.C., 20, of West Fork, Arkansas, fell about 20 feet from the mouth of
Horseshoe Cave on the afternoon of November 4th, sustaining internal injuries,
broken ribs and a punctured lung.  The park was notified by the county
sheriff's office, and a joint rescue effort was launched.  A.C. was
stabilized and carried down the Indian Creek drainage to Kyles campground,
where he was medevaced to a hospital in Fayetteville for further treatment. 
[CRO, BUFF]

95-727 - Natchez Trace (Mississippi/Alabama/Tennessee) - MVA with Fatality

During the early morning hours of November 5th, W.D., 33, of Brandon,
Mississippi, was killed when his vehicle left the road, traveled about 190 feet
along the shoulder, then hit a tree.  Alcohol may have been a contributing
factor.  [Tim Francis, ACR, NATR]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

OBSERVATIONS

Today's entry was submitted by Bob Krumenaker at Shenandoah:

"You are certainly right when you say 'us natives' can do what you like with
your scenery.  But the National Parks and Monuments happen not to be your
scenery.  They are our scenery.  They do not belong to Colorado or the West,
they belong to the people of the United States, including the miserable
unfortunates who have to live east of the Allegheny hillocks.  And, podner, as
one Westerner to another, let me give you one small piece of advice before you
start shooting again.  Don't shoot those unfortunates too loudly or too
obnoxiously.  You might make them so mad that they would stop paying for your
water developments." 
 
                                 Historian Bernard DeVoto, from a 1950 letter
                                 objecting to an editorial advocating that
                                 Coloradans were the appropriate people to
                                 determine whether or not bo build dams inside
                                 Dinosaur National 


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