- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, February 23, 1998
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Monday, February 23, 1998
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
INCIDENTS
98-56 - Point Reyes NS (CA) - Follow-up on Winter Storm Impacts
Although many areas within the park are open, most trails are still closed
and Limantour Road will remain closed until at least Friday due to two major
slides that have undermined it. The estimated cost to repair damage to the
road and trails has been placed at about $1 million. All backcountry
campgrounds remained closed over the weekend, but will be reopened as soon as
possible. Saw crews from Yosemite NP, Sequoia-Kings Canyon NP and Golden
Gate NRA have joined park crews in clearing trails of downed trees. The
timing of the removal is important, as the northern spotted owl, an
endangered species, begins its nesting season in March and chainsaws could
disrupt the owls' nesting habits. The park has the highest density of
northern spotted owls in the bird's range. Elephant seals were severely
impacted by the recent storms. Prior to the storms, the population numbered
nearly 700 seals, about 300 of them newborn pups. The total colony is now
less than 150 animals, and there are fewer than 50 pups. Strong surges in
the surf either batter the seals against the park's rocky cliffs or sweep
weaker animals out to sea. Some seals are returning to park beaches for
shelter during breaks in the storms. The beaches are being closed to dogs
until March 15th to provide the seals with safe haven during the pupping and
breeding season. [John Dell'Osso, PORE, 2/21]
98-73 - Canyon de Chelly NM (AZ) - Car Clout Investigation
An investigation is underway into an increase in car clouts from visitor
vehicles parked in the White House overlook area. The thieves are apparently
employing a "slim jim" (a tool used to open locked vehicles from outside), as
there's no evidence of forced entry in most of the thefts. The remoteness of
the overlook and its proximity to local residences have hampered surveillance
efforts. Visitors are being notified of the situation and advised to take
precautions. [Tom Workman, CR, CACH, 2/21]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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OPERATIONAL NOTES
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MEMORANDA
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EXCHANGE
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TRAINING AND WORKSHOP CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains training courses and workshops, and a second, which contains
meetings, conferences and events. 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.
Various* Course: Bird-Banding
Location: AZ, CA, CO, IN, PA, ME
Details: The Institute for Bird Populations is offering seven-day
bird-banding classes in the above states this
summer. Courses are designed for beginners, but
experienced banders will benefit as well. Tuition
and materials are $520/person; room and board average
about $110.
Contact: Institute for Bird Populations,
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/birdbanding
Phone/fax: 415-663-2051; 415-6634-9482
E-mail: birdbanding@compuserve.com
Submitter: David Larson, CHIR
3/2-3* Course: Advanced Critical Incident Stress Management Training
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Details: Additional techniques for employees who have been
serving in parks and local areas on critical incident
management teams. Will include case studies and in
depth discussions with experienced practitioners.
Nominations close on February 23rd.
Contact: Park or regional employee development officer.
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC
3/3-5* Course: Basic Peer Support Training
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Details: Peer counseling techniques. Open to employees in ALL
fields. Nominations close on February 23rd.
Contact: Park or regional employee development officer.
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Wiley Golden, NPS/FLETC
3/9-11 Course: Principles of Access
Location: Martinsville, IN
Details: Designed to introduce park and recreation
professionals to the fundamentals of accessibility
and to lay the foundation for understanding the
characteristics and needs of people with
disabilities.
ontact: National Center on Accessibility
Phone/fax: 765-349-9240; ---
E-mail: www.indiana.edu/~nca
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
3/9-13 Course: Workshop on Managing Visitor Use in Wilderness
Location: Folsom, CA
Details: Participants will analyze problems associated with
heavy recreational use in wilderness study areas and
examine a range of tools to address them.
Contact: Greg Kroll, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness
Training Center
Phone/fax: 406-626-5208 x 14; 406-626-5395
E-mail: Greg Kroll at NP-YELL
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
3/10-13* Course: The Information Ecosystem: Managing the Life Cycle of
Information for Preservation and Access
Location: College Park, MD
Details: The course teaches managers how to create, manage,
adapt and reuse information in a project setting.
CORRECTION on tuition from previous listing: NPS
staff may attend for $140; the full $285 cost is for
non-Park Service attendees.
Contact: Gay Tracy, Northeast Document Conservation Center
Phone/fax: 978-470-1010; 978-475-6021
E-mail: tracy@nedcc.org
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Connor, DCA/WASO
3/15-20 Course: Wilderness Stewardship Training, Southeast
Location: Islamorda, FL
Details: Course emphasis will be on coastal and wetland
wilderness issues.
Contact: Greg Kroll
Phone/fax: 406-626-5208 x 14; 406-626-5395
E-mail: Greg Kroll at NP-YELL
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
3/9-20 Course: Special Operations Training
Location: Organ Pipe Cactus NM, AZ
Details: Designed for personnel who are directly involved in
special law enforcement operations in parks,
including drugs, poaching, and ARPA and
paleontological violations. Training will include
operations along the U.S. border. Due to the
strenuous nature of the course, participants must
meet FLETC physical fitness standards. Benefiting
account.
Contact: Aniceto Olais, ORPI
Phone/fax: 520-387-7661 ext 7201; ---
E-mail: Aniceto Olais at NP-SOAR
Submitter: Aniceto Olais
3/16-20 Course: Visitor Use Management for Managers
Location: Shepherdstown, WV
Details: This management level course is designed to provide
the participants with an understanding of legal
responsibilities, administrative aspects, and
management applications of outdoor recreation
planning, wilderness management, emergency
operations, land policy, and fee management.
Contact: Learning Place bulletin board, or Charles Anibal
Phone/fax: 304-535-6215; ---
E-mail: -
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
3/17-26 Course: Cultural Resources for Managers
Location: Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: This is a core course for superintendents and program
managers who have major cultural resource management
responsibilities.
Contact: Tony Knapp
Phone/fax: 304-535-6178; ---
E-mail: -
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
3/26* Course: Priming the Pump
Location: Lowell NHP, Lowell, MA
Details: Eight-hour course for all employees designed to help
refocus their energies. Included are sessions
designed to provide participants with opportunities
to examine and reconnect their values and goals with
those of the NPS mission through a variety of team-building exercises.
Contact: Tess Shatzer
Phone/fax: 978-970-5025; 978-970-5030
E-mail: Tess Shatzer at NP-LOWE
Submitter: Amy Glowacki, NAR
3/30-4/3* Course: Compass II
Location: Hawaii Volcanoes NP, HI
Details: The course provides six universal essential
competencies at the entry level - resource
stewardship, fundamental values, leadership, NPS
operations, communications skills, and problem-solving
skills. Open to employees in PWR.
Contact: Learning Place BB or Joni-Mae Makuakane-Jarrell
Phone/fax: 808-882-7218; 808-882-7210
E-mail: Joni-Mae Makuakane-Jarrell at NP-KAHO
Submitter: Betty Browning, ATC
4/14-15* Course: The First Step to Behavior-Based Safety
Location: San Francisco, CA
Details: Principles of behavior-based safety.
Contact: Mary Robinson, Mather Training Center
Phone/fax: 304-535-6215; 304-535-6408
E-mail: Mary Robinson at NP-HFC
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
4/20-30 Course: Advanced Principles of Administration
Location: Albright TC, Grand Canyon, AZ
Details: The course will provide chiefs of administration with
instruction and methods in the management of
administrative programs as a member of the park's
management team.
Contact: Learning Place Bulletin Board, or Tom Ferrani
Phone/fax: 907-257-2550; ---
E-mail: As above
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
4/20-5/1 Course: Historic Weapons Certification
Location: Camp Gruber Training Site, Braggs, OK
Details: The course meets the initial certification and
recertification needs of supervisors and interpreters
in NPS historic weapons firing programs.
Contact: Rick Martin, Fort Smith NHS
Phone/fax: 501-783-3961; ---
E-mail: FOSM Ranger Activities at NP-FOSM
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
4/21-24* Course: Wilderness Land Ethic Curriculum and Leave No Trace
Workshop
Location: Canon City, CO
Details: The application deadline is March 1st. tuition is
$200 plus meals and lodging. Send SF 82 to Barb
Sumpter, USFS Regional Office, 740 Sims Street,
Lakewood, CO 80225.
Contact: Kevin Moses, GRSA, or Ralph Swain
Phone/fax: 719-378-2312 x208 (Kevin), 303-275-5058 (Ralph)
E-mail: Kevin Moses at NP-GRSA
Submitter: Kevin Moses
4/27-5/1 Course: Wilderness Planning Workshop
Location: Parsons, WV
Details: The workshop will present a forum for learning about
and discussing methods for developing programmatic
wilderness management direction.
Contact: Greg Kroll, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness
Training Center
Phone/fax: 406-626-5208 x 14; 406-626-5395
E-mail: Greg Kroll at NP-YELL
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
4/27-28 Course: Tax Incentives for Developing Historic Properties
Location: Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Details: Use of historic preservation tax incentives to
develop historic properties. Experienced developers,
bankers, NPS project reviewers, and IRS tax
specialists will introduce effective strategies for
historic property development.
Contact: Brooks Prueher, HPS, WASO
Phone/fax: 202-343-1185; ---
E-mail: Brooks Prueher at NP-WASO-HPS, or Brooks_Prueher@nps.gov
Submitter: Brooks Prueher
5/4-8* Course: Interpretive Curriculum Coordinator/Certifier
Workshop
Location: Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: Servicewide training for interpreters for the dual
role of coordinator and certifier in support of the
interpretive development program.
Contact: Dave Dahlen
Phone/fax: 304-535-6405; 304-535-6408
E-mail: Dave Dahlen
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
5/4-8* Course: Compass II
Location: Lowell NHP, Lowell, MA
Details: See Hawaii Volcanoes NP, 3/30.
Contact: Amy Glowacki
Phone/fax: 978-459-1132; 978-459-1078
E-mail: Amy Glowacki at NP-NAR
Submitter: Amy Glowacki, LOWE
5/11-15 Course: Fundamental Principles of Administration
Location: Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: Designed to provide training in essential
competencies for all functions of NPS administration
at the clerk/tech level.
Contact: Peggy Woodward
Phone/fax: 304-535-6403; 304-535-6408
E-mail: Peggy Woodward
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
5/18-22* Course: The New Superintendent
Location: Atlanta, GA
Details: Course primarily for newly assigned first-time
superintendents at the GS-12 and GS-13 levels.
Assistant/deputy superintendents and SO
superintendents may also apply. Focus on NPS
organizational values, philosophy and concepts. The
closing date for nominations is March 15th.
Contact: Jim Bellamy
Phone/fax: 520-638-7983; ---
E-mail: James Bellamy at NP-HOAL
Submitter: Jim Bellamy
5/27-29* Course: Basic Environmental Investigations Training
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Details: ---
Contact: Kathy Braase, Western States Project
Phone/fax: 602-542-8511; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Einar Olsen, NCRO
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