- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Tuesday, February 3, 1998
- Date: Tues, 3 Feb 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Tuesday, February 3, 1998
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
*** NOTICE ***
There were no Morning Reports on Friday, January 30th, or Monday, February
2nd, due to hub problems here at Delaware Water Gap NRA. A number of reports
came in this morning with the return of the system to normal operations and
will appear in tomorrow's edition.
INCIDENTS
97-747 - War in the Pacific NHP (Guam) - Follow-up on Super Typhoon Paka
The park is slowly recovering from the severe damage inflicted by super
typhoon Paka, which struck Guam on December 16th and 17th with sustained
winds of 150 mph and gusts to 185 mph - the most destructive storm to strike
the island since typhoon Pamela in 1976. Sustained winds of greater than 60
mph were recorded for between 16 and 20 hours, and about 21 inches of rain
fell on the island. The typhoon also produced destructive surf conditions,
with sea heights from six to 30 feet above normal. All seven units of the
1,961-acre park (about 1,000 acres are underwater and include coral reefs)
were struck by the full force of the winds, and shoreline units suffered from
the coastal surge. The park's staff began assessing damage to facilities and
cleaning up park areas as soon as the typhoon passed. Structural and
historic landscape technical assistance was provided by Pacific West Region
personnel, and the Department's Northern States Burned Area Emergency
Rehabilitation (BAER) team arrived on site on January 16th. The team was
asked to prepare a rehabilitation plan which would address the typhoon's
impact on park resources and would include both short-term and long-term
needs. The three primary objectives of the plan are as follows:
- assess the damage to park infrastructure and natural and cultural
resources;
- prescribe rehabilitation measures to protect human life, property, and
cultural and natural resources; and
- restore the integrity of lands affected by the typhoon in accord with
the GMP, statement for management, resources management plan, NPS
management policies, and all relevant state and local laws, policies
and regulations.
The inter-agency, inter-disciplinary team consists of a vegetation
specialist, wildlife biologist, marine biologist, archeologist, GIS
specialist, and computer/documentation specialist. On January 28th, the team
conducted a briefing for the public and interested agencies on the team's
observations and recommendations for rehabilitating park resources. The
rehabilitation plan should be completed by early February. [Erv Gasser, BAER
Team Leader, 1/28]
98-45 - Big Cypress NP (FL) - Aircraft Accident
On the afternoon of February 1st, seasonal ranger Tom Berg saw a small plane
fly low over the intersection of U.S. 41 and Turner River Road, make a
90-degree turn, stall, and crash into a swamp. Berg, assisted by Collier County
sheriff's deputies and a Florida Highway Patrol officer, arrived on scene
within seconds, as the latter were at the time investigating a traffic
accident which had occurred on U.S. 41 only 200 yards from the crash site.
Belgian pilot O.B. and his passenger suffered only minor injuries,
even though their rental aircraft, a 1983 Cessna 152, was a total loss.
Rangers are assisting the FAA and NTSB with the investigation. The FAA
advises that Banmyer had received his pilot certificate on January 28th.
[Joe O'Haver, ACR, BICY, 2/2]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Report pending.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Reports pending.
MEMORANDA
No entries.
EXCHANGE
No entries.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, conferences and events, and a second, which contains
workshops and training courses. If you know of a conference, meeting,
workshop or training session with Servicewide interest and implications,
please send the information along. Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR
months before the event, EXCEPT in instances in which registration dates
close much earlier. Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry
indicate source of information. Brevity is appreciated.
1/28-31 Meeting: First International Trails and Greenways Conference
Location: San Diego, CA
Details: ---
Contact: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Phone/fax: 202-797-5400; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Sheila Lee, NCRC, WASO
1/29-31 Meeting: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee
Location: Embassy Row Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
Details: The agenda will include federal compliance with the
statute, disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains, and the status of national
implementation.
Contact: Francis McManamon, WASO
Phone/fax: 202-343-8161; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Francis McManamon, WASO
2/4-7 Meeting: First Annual Ecotourism in Alaska Conference
Location: Anchorage, AK
Details: ---
Contact: Eco98 Program Committee
Phone/fax: 907-463-3038; ---
E-mail: www. alaska.net/~awrta/Eco98con.html
Submitter: Sheila Lee, NCRC, WASO
2/6-8 Meeting: Southeast Regional Conference, Association for Living
Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums
Location: Huntsville, AL
Details: ---
Contact: Frances Davey, Conference Co-Chair, Burritt Museum
and Park, 3101 Burritt Dr., Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone/fax: ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO
2/9-12 Meeting: "Optimizing Security with Minimum Resources,"
National Conference on Cultural Property Protection
Location: Arlington, VA
Details: $425. Proceedings will be available for $25 at the
end of February.
Contact: Smithsonian Institution, Office of Protection
Services
Phone/fax: 202-357-3062; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO
2/10-12 Meeting: Tenth Annual Conservation Law Enforcement Conference
Location: Prescott, AZ
Details: This year's topics include ARPA, urban parks, antler
poaching, Internet crime, basic GPS workshop, and a
session by Gordon Graham entitled "Why Things Go
Right; Why Things Go Wrong." A competition pistol
shoot will be held on the afternoon of February 10th.
Contact: Dwayne Collier
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: Dwayne Collier, NP-SOAR
Submitter: Dwayne Collier, SOAR
2/26-3/1 Meeting: 1998 Mid-Winter Meeting, Southern Division, American
Fisheries Society
Location: Lexington, KY
Details: The meeting will bring together fishery and aquatic
professionals from the southern region of the United
States to discuss various aspects of aquatic
management, both fresh and salt water.
Contact: Kentucky Chapter, AFS
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: http://www.kfwis.state.ky.us/afs/kyafs.htm
Submitter: Sue Jennings, SACN
3/5-8* Meeting: America's Public Parks: A Centennial Conference and
Celebration
Location: Boston, MA
Details: ---
Contact: Litsa Deck, NRPA
Phone/fax: 703-858-2157; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Sheila Lee, WASO
3/12-14 Meeting: Restoration Exhibit and Conference
Location: Boston, MA
Details: ---
Contact: EGI Exhibitions, 129 Park Street, North Reading, MA
01864
Phone/fax: 508-664-6455; ---
E-mail: egiexhib.com
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO
3/15-19 Meeting: 1998 Biennial Convention, Conference of National Park
Service Cooperating Associations
Location: ---
Details: NPS employees who are involved with cooperating
association operations will benefit from this
conference.
Contact: Glenn Clark or CNPCA
Phone/fax: Clark: 202-565-1058, CNPCA: 410-647-9001; CNPCA: 410-647-9003
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
3/19-21 Meeting: Washington and DuBois at the Turn of Two Centuries
Location: Roanoke, VA
Details: The symposium will focus on Booker T. Washington and
W.E.B. DuBois, their historical context, their
thoughts, and the meaning of their legacies for
America. Keynote speaker Julian Bond will head the
program for academic and public historians,
educators, students and NPS professionals interested
in the lives of these two men and their impacts on
race issues in the U.S. today.
Contact: Organization of American Historians, Washington/
DuBoise Symposium, 112 North Bryan Street,
Bloomington, IN 47408-4199
Phone/fax: 812-855-7345; ---
E-mail: john@oah.indiana.edu
Submitter: Rebecca Harriett, BOWA
3/20-24* Meeting: 63rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources
Conference
Location: Orlando, FL
Details: ---
Contact: LL Williamson, Wildlife Management Institute
Phone/fax: 202-371-1808; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Sheila Lee, WASO
3/22-27 Meeting: African-Americans from Slavery to Contemporary Times
Location: New Orleans, LA
Details: This combined public conference and NPS training
session will provide an overview of the American
experience, starting with slavery and concluding with
diverse African-American cultures now associated with
national parks.
Contact: The Learning Place bulletin board, or Mary Robinson
Phone/fax: 304-535-6732; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
4/2-3* Meeting: African-American Military Experience Symposium
Location: Carlsbad, NM
Details: The seminar will focus on the experience of African-
Americans in the military, including the Civil War,
on the frontier as the "Buffalo Soldiers," and as
airmen in World War II. Advanced registration is due
by March 14th; there is a $15 registration fee.
Contact: Lynn Chelewski or Pat Jablonsky. Send fees to
African-American Military Experience Symposium, c/o
Rolando Fuentez, 1905 Najar Road, Carlsbad, NM 88220-9767.
Phone/fax: Chelewski: 505-885-9689, Jablonsky: 505-887-0276
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Larry Henderson, GUMO
4/18-25* Meeting: NPCA's March for Parks
Location: ---
Details: The annual event brackets Earth Day, April 22nd.
Contact: March for Parks
Phone/fax: 800-628-7275 x 236; ---
E-mail: mrchpark@aol.com
Submitter: Sheila Lee, WASO
4/29-5/3* Meeting: "Rivers: The Future Frontier," Biennial Conference,
River Management Society (in conjunction with NRPA)
Location: Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, AK
Details: Topics will include wild and scenic river management,
river science, power boats, commercial trail
management, watersheds management, river restoration,
river education, river use education, and
citizen/public participation. Also workshops on
grant writing, the "Leave No Trace" program, and
other related topics. Celebration of the 30th
anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Registration is $195 before March 30th, $225
thereafter.
Contact: Logistics, LLC
Phone/fax: 907-276-6060; 907-276-6061
E-mail: www.servcom.com/arpa
www.river-management.org
rms@igc.apc.org
Submitter: Jack Mosby, ARO
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