NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, May 30, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-244 - Denali (Alaska) - Climbing Fatality

B.U., 22, and M.D., 34, both Croatian nationals, were
descending from a climb of Mount McKinley on the afternoon of May 28th when
M.D. slipped and fell nearly 4,000 feet down the Orient Express, a snow
and ice couloir.  B.U. attempted to descend and find him; he discovered only
an ice axe, so continued his descent down the West Rib.  He was met by two
climbers from Colorado, who took him to their camp.  B.U. was then escorted
down the remainder of the route by three NPS volunteers.  M.D.'s body was
found at the bottom of the couloir.  His death marks the first fatality on
the mountain this season.  About 400 climbers are currently on Mount
McKinley.  [John Quinley, PAO, AFDO]

                   [Additional reports pending...]

FIRE ACTIVITY

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II

LARGE FIRE SUMMARY

                                                                     %   Est
State      Unit                Fire          IMT     5/29     5/30  Con  Con

FL    Florida NF             Magnolia         --      526      526   98  5/31

Heading Notes

     Unit --    Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
                or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; District = BLM
                district; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
     Fire --    * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
                limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
                strategy
     IMT --     T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team
     % Con --   Percent of fire contained
     Est Con -- Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
                containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report

FIRES AND ACRES BURNED

                NPS     BIA      BLM     FWS    States     USFS      Total

Number            0       8        2       0        72        7         89
Acres Burned      0      70       42       0       658       62        832 

COMMITTED RESOURCES 

               Crews     Engines     Helicopters     Airtankers     Overhead

Federal           37        43           11               2             56
Non-federal        0         0            0               0             12

CURRENT SITUATION 

No significant fire activity was reported yesterday.  There was some minor
initial attack in the Southwest.  Extensive restrictions and closures
continue throughout the area due to high fire danger.  A toll-free line has
been established to provide information to the general public on the most
recent restrictions and closures.  The number is 1-888-793-4737.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK 

NICC has issued a FIRE WEATHER WATCH for increasing winds, low humidity and
low fuel moisture for northern and eastern Arizona.  These winds will
increase the potential for fires throughout the Southwest.

[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 5/30; Southwest Area Fire
Activity Briefing, 5/29]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No submissions.

MEMORANDA

"Implementation of the Golden Access Passport," signed by Associate Director
for Park Operations and Education Maureen Finnerty on May 22nd and
transmitted to all field directors.  Contains criteria specifying who
qualifies for the passport.  Copies of the memorandum may be obtained by
contacting Jennifer Getz at NP-WASO-POPS or at 202-208-4048.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.

OBSERVATIONS

"We inherited the loveliest of all continents.  We should bequeath it to our
grandchildren as a land where the majority is disciplined to respect the
values even of a minority.  Those values are esthetic or spiritual, and they
reflect the principle that beauty is an end in itself and that man will find
relaxation, renewed strength and inspiration in the wildness of the earth.
We should leave behind a land where those yet unborn will have an opportunity
to hear the calls of loons and come to know that they are more glorious than
any whir of motors."

                                    Justice William O. Douglas, from
                                    "Quotes: Conservation, Parks,
                                    Natural Beauty," DOI, 1966

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