NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, November 9, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-728 - Chiricahau (Arizona) - Poaching Conviction

On January 24th, rangers received a report of a radio-collared dog running
loose in the Heart of Rocks area of the park.  Radio-collared hunting dogs are
commonly used to hunt mountain lions in the region.  Investigating ranger Phil
Huff contacted a group of licensed guides and hunters in the Coronado National
Forest near the park's southeast boundary.  The group was led by W.G.,
a nationally recognized and advertised commercial hunting guide.  Ranger Dean
Clark identified a kill site within the park, which led to a cooperative
investigation involving the NPS, Fish and Wildlife Service and the Arizona Game
and Fish Department. Further investigation revealed that the W.G.'s group had
killed the mountain lion and transported the pelt to Kansas.  On October 27th,
W.G. pled guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act and was fined
$3,000, which was paid to the Arizona "Operation Game Thief" program. 
Additional charges against W.G. and other members of the party were dropped as
part of a plea agreement.  [Rob Danno, CR, CHIR]

95-729 - Olympic (Washington) - MVA with Fatality

A two-vehicle accident on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent on the afternoon of
November 5th killed one person and left another seriously injured.  T.T.
lost control of her Dodge Omni two miles west of the Storm King ranger station,
hit a guard rail, crossed sideways into the opposite lane, and struck a pickup
and trailer driven by Ronald Wray.  Both T.T. and her passenger, C.W.,
were thrown from the Omni.  T.T. died at the scene.  C.D. was
found ten feet below the road, partially in the lake; she was stabilized at
Port Angeles Hospital, then flown to Harborview Hospital, where she's presently
in a coma.  Wray, who was wearing his seatbelt, was not injured.  Investigating
rangers believe that the women would have suffered only minor injuries if
they'd been wearing their belts.  The road surface was wet, and it was raining
hard at the time of the accident.  [Dan Mason, OLYM]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

OBSERVATIONS

"The more you come to know the national parks, the more the hidden assets begin
to appear.  You never come to the end of them.  They are seldom the things the
eye first sees; they are nearly never the things avowedly sought."

                                                            Freeman Tilden

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


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