- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Tuesday, June 23, 1998 - SUPPLEMENTAL
- Date: Tues, 23 Jun 1998
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 - SUPPLEMENTAL
INCIDENTS
98-309 - Great Smoky Mountains (NC/TN) - Follow-up on Shooting of Ranger
Funeral services for ranger Joe Kolodski will be held at the First Baptist
Church in Bryson City, North Carolina, at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. The family
will receive close friends at the church one hour prior to the funeral.
Interment will be in Kolodski's home state of Pennsylvania. Priority seating
for the services will be given to family and close friends, but arrangements
are being made to set up television screens outside the church for the
overflow crowd that's expected. The Washington Office has authorized one
employee from each park in the Southeast Region and one employee from each of
the Service's six other regions to travel on official business to attend the
funeral. Director Bob Stanton is expected to attend. The park requests that
uniformed people be in short-sleeved, summer dress. [Karen Wade,
Superintendent, GRSM, via SERO Public Affairs, 6/23]
98-310 - Lake Mead NRA (AZ/NV) - Assault on Rangers
Around 11:30 p.m. on June 13th, Katherine Landing rangers received a report
of a man wielding a machete and threatening to kill people in the North
Telephone Cove campground. They responded and found that the man, identified
as J.L.S. of Tucson, Arizona, had fled the campground into the
desert. Witnesses said that J.L.S. had been drinking all day and had
attempted to purchase drugs a short time earlier. The rangers conducted a
hasty search of the desert just to the north of J.L.S.'s truck and campsite.
They found him huddled behind a bush about 40 feet into the desert, still
holding the machete. When illuminated by flashlights, J.L.S. stood. The
rangers ordered him to drop the machete, but he instead advanced on them.
They again ordered him to drop the machete, telling him that he would
otherwise be shot. The rangers were unable to get a clear shot at him,
though, due to the proximity of nearby campsites. At one point, J.L.S.
returned to his truck, where rangers sprayed him with OC-10 pepper spray.
This apparently had no effect on him except to make him more agitated. He
placed the lanyard of the machete around his wrist and took an obvious
fighting grip on the machete. J.L.S. repeatedly told the rangers that he
would kill them, and that the only way the incident would end would be with
the death of either a ranger or himself. Using themselves as bait, rangers
maneuvered J.L.S. away from the campsites, positioning themselves between
J.L.S. and the campers and clearing the line of fire. J.L.S. continued his
threats to kill the rangers. District ranger Ralph Patterson arrived on
scene and realized that the rangers had exhausted all options and were about
to shoot J.L.S.. He maneuvered his patrol car around behind the other rangers
and advanced on J.L.S., knocking him to the ground. J.L.S. got up. Patterson
continued to herd him away from the campsites, striking him two more times.
After each strike, J.L.S. regained his footing and struck and damaged the
patrol car with roundhouse swings with the machete. J.L.S. stumbled back into
an outhouse after the third strike and completely lost his footing. When
ordered again to drop the machete, J.L.S. complied and was handcuffed. J.L.S.
has been indicted by a grand jury on seven felony counts - four counts of
aggravated assault on peace officers, two counts of aggravated assault, and
one count of disorderly conduct with a weapon. [Jan Kirwan and Bud Inman,
LAME, 6/22]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE/INCIDENT SUMMARY
Thu Mon % Est
State Unit Fire/Incident IMT 6/18 6/22 Con Con
FL Apalachicola NF Holiday T2 7,238 24,621 95 NEC
Merritt Island NWR * Merritt Island Cx -- - 800 30 NEC
Osceola NF * Oak Head T1 - 15,200 65 6/29
State Jacksonville Cx ST 1,900 9,178 UNK NEC
Suwanee Cx T1 8,100 15,364 65 NEC
* Bunnell Cx ST - 10,000 UNK NEC
* Perry Cx T2 - 10,000 UNK NEC
* Gainesville Cx ST - 8,500 UNK NEC
TX State Paradise -- 300 188 100 CND
UT Cedar City District * Pahcoon -- - 400 30 6/23
AK Fort Greely Carla Lake T2 60,516 60,516 35 NEC
AZ Navajo Area * White Clay #1 -- - 150 100 CND
NM State * OSHA -- - 100 100 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 I; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team
% Con Percent of fire contained; UNK = unknown
Est Con Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report
NUMBER OF NEW FIRES (FOUR DAY TREND)
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Friday, 6/19 0 2 4 0 211 6 223
Saturday, 6/20 0 22 8 2 32 14 78
Sunday, 6/21 1 5 1 0 102 23 132
Monday, 6/22 0 3 7 0 140 33 183
TOTAL COMMITTED RESOURCES (FOUR DAY TREND)
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Friday, 6/19 31 74 36 8 565
Saturday, 6/20 23 50 26 4 493
Sunday, 6/21 36 72 28 13 358
Monday, 6/22 34 142 33 8 460
CURRENT SITUATION
Initial attack continues to increase and large fires continue to burn in the
South. Minor to moderate activity was reported elsewhere.
Very high to extreme fire indices were reported yesterday in units in
Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and
southern California.
NICC has posted a FIRE WEATHER WATCH for dry and windy conditions in northern
New Mexico.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/20-23]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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OPERATIONAL NOTES
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MEMORANDA
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EXCHANGE
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MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, seminars, 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.
6/28* Event: 50th Anniversary, Independence NHP
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Details: The park is celebrating the authorization signed by
President Truman on June 28, 1948. A formal ceremony
will take place in Independence Square at 2 p.m.
which will include remarks by the mayor and local
members of Congress. Immediately following will be
the unveiling of an exhibit focusing on the changes
to the areas and buildings from the 1940s to the
present. A concert will be held that evening as part
of the city's Welcome America celebration, and will
feature the U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note in a
musical tribute to the park.
Contact: Phil Sheridan, PAO, INDE
Phone/fax: 215-597-0060; ---
E-mail: Phil Sheridan at NP-INDE
Submitter: Same
7/2-6 Meeting: "Ecological Exchange Between Major Ecosystems,"
Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America
Location: Baltimore, MD
Details: ---
Contact: Fred Wagner
Phone/fax: 801-797-2555; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Sheila Lee, WASO
7/16-19 Meeting: "The Invention of American Nationalism(s)," Annual
Meeting, Society for Historians of the Early American
Republic
Location: Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: The conference will include papers that reflect both
new approaches to political culture and the
traditional concerns that have made the character of
nationalism so essential to the study of the early
American republic.
Contact: Bruce Noble
Phone/fax: 304-535-6223; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Various Seminars: American History Summer Seminars
Location: The titles, dates and locations of relevant seminars
are as follows: "Lincoln," Gettysburg College, 7/5-11;
"The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery,"
Yale University, 7/6-17; "Passages to Freedom:
Abolition and the Underground Railroad," Amherst
College, 7/19-26; "Thomas Jefferson and the
Foundations of American Democracy," Monticello and
the University of Virginia, 7/19-25; "The Private and
Public George Washington," Brown University, 7/26-8/1
Details: As above
Contact: Sandra Weber and Laura Feller, WASO
Phone/fax: Weber: 202-565-1057, Feller: 202-343-9285; ---
E-mail: Sandy Weber at NP-WASO-ITC-MIB, Laura Feller at NP™WASO-NRHE
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
8/13-16 Meeting: Pecos Conference
Location: Pecos NHP, NM
Details: The focus of this year's annual conference will be on
the archeological concepts of culture. Short papers
are also solicited on archeological breakthroughs,
updates, unique discoveries, challenges and concerns.
Contact: Judy Reed, Pecos NHP, PO Box 418, Pecos, NM 87552
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: Judy Reed at NP-PECO
Submitter: Pecos NHP
8/19-29 Meeting: Northeast Bat Working Group Organizational Meeting
Location: Greene Hills Manor, Barree, PA
Details: The objectives are to establish bat conservation
goals throughout the eastern states and to identify
state and provincial working groups.
Contact: Jim Kennedy, North American Bat Conservation
Partnership
Phone/fax: 512-327-9721; 512-327-9724
E-mail: jkennedy@batcon.org
Submitter: Carol DiSalvo, IPM, WASO
8/20-22* Meeting: "Stuff of Women's History: Using Artifacts,
Landscapes and Built Environment to Research and
Teach about Women's History in the Classroom"
Location: Seneca Falls, NY
Details: This conference, which features a series of lectures,
slide shows, workshops and sessions, is co-sponsored
by Women's Rights NHP. NPS training credit will be
arranged. Registration is $35; travel and per diem
are benefitting account.
Closes: Registration closing date: Not specified.
Contact: John Dichtl, Organization of American Historians
Phone/fax: 812-855-7345; ---
E-mail: senecafalls@oah.org, or www.indiana.edu/~oah/sowh.html
Submitter: Vivien Rose, WORI
9/16-19 Meeting: Fourth National Conference on Battlefield
Preservation
Location: Westin Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC
Details: The conference will explore the tools and techniques
used to define historic battlefields and effective
methods of protecting battlefield land.
Contact: Hampton Tucker
Phone/fax: 202-343-3580; ---
E-mail: Hampton Tucker at NP-WASO-HPS
Submitter: Same
10/10-13 Meeting: Third Biennial North American Water Trails
Conference/Chesapeake Water Trails Workshop
Location: National Conservation Training Center (NCTC),
Shepherdstown, WV
Details: Topics include access, stewardship, building
partnerships, and reducing conflicts. There will be
a presentation by Parks Canada and field trips on
October 10th.
Closes: No closing date given, but registration will be
limited.
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Phone/fax: 717-236-8825; 717-236-9019
E-mail: acbpa@pipeline.com
Submitter: Don Briggs, RTCAP Potomac Field Office, PSO
10/13-16 Meeting: Fifth Conference on Fossil Resources: Partners
Preserving Our Past, Planning Our Future
Location: Rapid City, SD
Details: Themes include education and outreach, science and
research on public and tribal lands, paleo resource
management, and partnerships. A one-day field trip
is included in the registration cost of $150.
Closes: Early registration closing date: August 1st.
Contact: Rachel Benton, Badlands NP
Phone/fax: 605-433-5261; 605-433-5404
E-mail: Rachel Benton at NP-BADL
Submitter: Same
10/15* Meeting: Call for Papers: "On the Frontiers of Conservation:
Discovery, Reappraisal, and Innovation," Tenth
Conference on Research and Resource Management in
Parks and on Public Lands
Location: Asheville, NC
Details: The conference will not be held until March 22-26,
1999, but the deadline for papers is October 15th.
Abstracts are welcome on any topic related to
research, resource management, and education in parks
and protected areas, and from any field in cultural
or natural resources. There will be three tracks: a
management track to highlight case studies and
practical applications, an analysis/ synthesis track
for research findings and policy discussions, and a
regionally-focused Appalachian issues track.
Contact: George Wright Society
Phone/fax: 906-487-9722; 906-487-9405
E-mail: gws@mail.portup.com, or www.portup.com/~gws/gws99.html
Submitter: Dave Harmon, GWS; Bob Krumenaker, SHEN
10/24 Meeting: 25th Anniversary, Opening of Alcatraz
Location: Golden Gate NRA, CA¬
Details: Tentative plans are for a day-long celebration and
re-dedication on Saturday, October 24th. An
overnight stay is included. The park is attempting
to contact every NPS employee "who has ever done time
on the Rock." Additional details to follow.
Contact: Jim MacDonald or John Cantwell
Phone/fax: 415-705-1045; ---
E-mail: GOGA Alcatraz at NP-GOGA, or goga_alcatraz@nps.gov
Submitter: John Cantwell, GOGA
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