NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Friday, December 5, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

97-735 - Fort Union NHS (NM) - Burglary

The park visitor center and offices were broken into and burglarized on the
evening of November 23rd.  Over $700 in cash was taken from a government safe
and a donation box.  Minor damages were inflicted on the building, the safe
was destroyed, the donation and a soda machine were broken into and damaged,
and the phone system was disabled (in order to prevent the alarm system from
dialing out).  The MO is similar to one being used in the Las Vegas, New
Mexico, area.  State police officers are investigating.  [Phil Young, SA,
Intermountain SO, 12/4]

97-736 - Virgin Islands NP (VI) - Assist; Three Deaths

Over the past four days, rangers have assisted Virgin Islands police officers
with recovery of three bodies in areas of St. John near the park.  The first
victim was recovered from the waters of Great Cruz Bay, the second from a
homemade vessel in Coral Bay, and the third from a vessel in Cruz Bay.  The
causes of death have not been determined, but heroin overdoses are suspected
from recovered evidence.  [CRO, VIIS, 12/4]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Appeals Court BASE Jumping Decision - On October 31st, a three-judge panel of
the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a previous district court
decision that 36 CFR 2.17 (A)(3) was unconstitutional because it was
ambiguous and did not clearly establish that BASE jumping (parachuting from
fixed objects including cliffs) was prohibited.  The defendants had argued
that their parachutes met the definition of aircraft and were allowed to land
on the waters of Lake Powell.  They also argued that jumping off a cliff
constituted an emergency; therefore they could deliver themselves by
parachute without a permit.  The appellate court wrote in its decision that
the BASE jumpers clearly used "parachutes" (not aircraft) as defined in 36
CFR 2.17 and that the regulation clearly stated the BASE jumpers conduct was
criminal.  The final statement by the appellate court regarding the BASE
jumper's case was that "that argument, of course, will not fly."  This
decision will allow GLCA to proceed with the prosecution of as many as 20
BASE jumping cases that have been placed on hold during this appeals process.
[David Sandbakken, LES, GLCA]

MEMORANDA

No entries.

EXCHANGE

No entries.

WEB DIRECTORY

The Morning Report periodically runs a listing of Worldwide 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 the following for providing this week's additions:

o Jay Ellington - Wildland fire information

o Rick Lewis, Public Affairs, WASO - NPS "Courier" magazine

o Bob Wightman, Great Smoky Mountains NP - National registry for EMTs,
"other very useful links on EMS topics"

o Kerry Moss, Geological Resources Division - Mineral operations near
NPs, "contains many interesting facts, including adverse effects of
adjacent mineral development, position of the NPS on external mineral
development, descriptions of specific external minerals issues, and
links to park home pages"

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 
NPS safety info                        www.nps.gov/riskmgmt
NCR Museum Resource Center             www.nps.gov/mrc
National Center for Preservation
 Technology and Training               www.cr.nps.gov/npctt
NPS training opportunities             www.nps.gov/training
NPS strategic plan                     www.nps.gov - InfoZone, Park Planning
NPS "Courier" magazine*                www.nps.gov/pub_aff/courier/index.htm

DOI SITES

DOI address directory                  www.doi.gov/cgi-bin/mailsrch
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
DOI safety                             http://safety.doi.gov
DOI recreation lakes commission        www.doi.gov.nrls

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
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
Fed Employees News Digest              www.clubfed.com
Wildland fire information *            www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire
National registry for EMTs *           www.nremt.org

CONGRESSIONAL SITES

All Senate offices, committees         www.senate.gov
All House offices, committees          www.house.gov
Bills, reports, related info           http://thomas.loc.gov

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SITES

Exotic invasive species                www.aqd.nps.gov/npci
Malformed amphibians reports           www.npwrc.org/narcam
Mineral developments near parks *      www.aqd.nps.gov/facts/fadjacen.htm

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
George Wright Society                  www.portup.com/~gws/home.html
GWS park-related links                 www.portup.com/~gws.gwsnet.html
Links to NPs worldwide                 http://149.170.210.2/~keith/links.htm
Links to park-related topics           http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/pnp/
pnp.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
Telephone directory searches           www.pc411.com/pc411v2.html

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