- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Thursday, August 28, 1997
- Date: Thurs, 28 Aug 1997
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Thursday, August 28, 1997
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
97-507 - Yellowstone NP (WY) - MVA with Fatality, Multiple Injuries
A two-vehicle accident which occurred at approximately 3:45 p.m. on August
26th at Shoshone Point on the Grand Loop Road between Old Faithful and West
Thumb killed one visitor and injured six others. G.J. (age
unavailable at time of report) of France was driving westbound in an
Oldsmobile sedan with two passengers, his wife Simone G.J., 77, and
another man, 82, also from France. G.J. apparently fell asleep at the
wheel, crossed the centerline and collided head-on with an eastbound pickup
truck containing a family of four from Oregon. All seven occupants of both
vehicles were injured and transported to medical facilities. More than 15
park staff, three park ambulances, a Lake Hospital ambulance, a fire engine
and an extrication unit responded to the accident. S.J. was
transported from the scene by a life flight to Eastern Idaho Medical Center
in Idaho Falls, where she died from her injuries. The other six patients
were taken by ambulance to Lake Hospital, where two were treated and
released, one was admitted for observation, and three were transferred by
life flight or ambulance to larger hospitals outside the park. [Mike Murray,
ACR, YELL, 8/27]
97-508 - Buffalo NR (Arkansas) - Ginseng Poaching
On August 21st, rangers apprehended M.F., 33, and J.S., 29, of
Harriett, Arkansas, in the McCutcheon Gap area of the park as they returned
to their vehicle after digging ginseng roots. Rangers were investigating a
suspicious vehicle when a passerby indicated the occupants were probably
collecting golden seal - like ginseng, a plant collected commercially for its
medicinal purposes. They staked out the vehicle for several hours until the
couple emerged from park property, carrying picks and pillow cases containing
a total of 106 ginseng roots. The ginseng and picks were seized and
mandatory court appearance citations were issued. Another individual was
cited on August 23rd for collecting five ginseng roots in the park. Ginseng
collecting is legal under state law; intense pressure on private and Forest
Service land has seriously depleted ginseng at those locations, however, and
resulted in increased illegal collecting on park land. Buyers are currently
paying approximately $300 per pound for the roots. [Bob Howard, LES, BUFF,
8/27]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Tue Wed % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 8/26 8/27 Con Con
WA State * Olympia Command -- - 5,000 70 8/27
OR Prineville District * Horse Mountain -- - 285 100 CND
UT Cedar City District Pine Park -- 233 233 100 CND
State * North Promontory -- - 780 100 CND
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
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
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FIVE DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Saturday, 8/23 2 2 20 0 35 49 108
Sunday, 8/24 2 3 12 1 34 30 82
Monday, 8/25 3 7 12 0 34 34 90
Tuesday, 8/26 2 2 7 0 37 14 62
Wednesday, 8/27 0 4 3 1 29 27 64
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FIVE DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Saturday, 8/23 51 119 20 11 249
Sunday, 8/24 40 88 18 1 260
Monday, 8/25 35 72 17 0 188
Tuesday, 8/26 28 47 12 0 128
Wednesday, 8/27 32 62 17 0 101
CURRENT SITUATION
Fire activity increased in the Northwest yesterday. Containment objectives
were achieved on the large fire in the eastern Great Basin. There was little
activity elsewhere. Very high and extreme fire indices are being reported in
California, Nevada, Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 8/28]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Report pending.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Report pending.
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
EXCHANGE
No submissions.
WEB DIRECTORY
Each month, the Morning Report runs a listing of web sites of use to NPS
employees in the course of their work. Please send along entries - and
corrections, in case of address errors - to the editor. Thanks to Bill
Blake, Bob Appling, Sonya Capek and Steve Hastings for providing this week's
additions. All new entries are marked with asterisks.
NPS SITES
Congressional Affairs office www.nps.gov/legal
Training and Development office www.nps.gov/training
NPS Web page development info www.nps.gov/helpdesk (user name: NPS,
password: Mather)
Current VIP opportunities www.nps.gov/volunteer
Press releases, park news, more www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pressrm.htm
Q&A with volunteer NPS historians www.nps.gov/crweb1/history/askhist.htm
Geologists-in-Parks program www.aqd.nps.gov/natnet/grd/geojob/geojob.htm
Harpers Ferry wayside exhibits www.nps.gov/waysite
DOI SITES
DOI jobs listings www.usgs.gov/doi/avads/index.html
DOI IG reports www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/ig.html
DOI payroll, Denver www.dasc.doi.gov
OTHER AGENCY SITES
Comptroller General decisions www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gaocd.html
GAO reports www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gao.html
OPM jobs listings www.usajobs.opm.gov
USDA graduate school www.grad.usda.gov
Thrift Savings Plan www.tsp.gov
New legislation (NECTEA) re:
funding for park roads www.fhwa.dot.gov
GSA per diem rates www.policyworks.gov/org/main/mt/homepage/mtt/perdiem/travel.sht
OPM locality pay rates www.opm.gov/pay/index.htm
CFR and Federal Register info www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection www.ftc.gov
IG networks www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ignet
CONGRESSIONAL SITES
All Senate offices, committees* www.senate.gov
All House offices, committees* www.house.gov
Bills, reports, related info* http://thomas.loc.gov
ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SITES
Environmental contract fraud info www.echotech.com
www.afce.org
www.fraud.org
FLETC legal updates wwww.sbaonline.sba.gov/ignet/library/legalupd/legalupd.html
Investigation hotline www.netrail.net/~hotline /investigations
Info on legal issues www.Lawcheck.com/main.html
Info on militia groups, etc.* www.splcenter.org
Laws, court rulings, related info* www.findlaw.com
OTHER RELEVANT SITES
Student Conservation Association www.sca-inc.org
Links to NPs worldwide http://149.170.210.2/~keith/links.htm
National Center for Accessibility* www.indiana.edu/~nca
Recycled content procurement* www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/procure.html
www.metrokc.gov/oppis/recyclea.html
www.pnl.gov/esp/greenguide
fcn.state.fl.us/bpsr/drc_notice.html
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