NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Thursday, October 29, 1998

INCIDENTS

98-612 - Gulf Islands NS (MS/FL) - Follow-up: Hurricane Georges

Work crews of skilled tradesmen made significant progress toward making Ship
Island structures habitable yesterday.  Replacement hot water heaters were
installed and the water chlorinating system was nearly operational.  Paneling
in some structures was removed and preparations were made to jack them up and
make them level.  Building materials were transported to the island in the
park's LCM landing craft.  A camp manager has been assigned to the incident,
bring the total number of personnel to 16.  Crews will move to a camp on the
island today.  Local volunteer interest is high.  Once safety concerns are
mitigated, groups of volunteers may be used to remove mud, sand and debris
from historic Fort Massachusetts.  The brick Civil War fort suffered
extensive damage to reproduction doors and embrasure shutters; museum and
cooperating association facilities were also seriously damaged.  Volunteers
will be coordinated and supervised by the park's interpretive staff in
concert with the incident information officer.  A film crew from the
Mississippi Department of Tourism has asked the park about shooting a video
on Ship Island.  Their activities are not expected to affect IMT operations. 
[Kent Cave, IO, IMT, GUIS, 10/28]

98-695 - Martin Luther King, Jr. (GA) - Homicide

Rangers were advised of a fight underway between two men near the
interpretive contact station at 8 a.m. on October 27th.  The confrontation
culminated when D.O., 42, stabbed T.T., 39, in the chest. 
When ranger Clark Moore arrived on scene,  was being treated by local
fire and rescue units.  Moore secured the crime scene.   was taken to
Grady Hospital, where he later died from his wounds.  D.O. has been charged
with the murder.  Moore is investigating along with detectives from the
city's homicide unit.  [Clark Moore, CR, MALU, 10/28]

98-696 - Grand Teton NP (WY) - Rescue

On the afternoon of October 12th, rangers received a phone call from B.L.
of Logan, Utah, reporting that her husband, Tom, had not returned
from a climb in the Tetons.  B.L. left his residence in Logan on the night
of the 10th with plans to solo climb the next day, then return home that
evening.  He left no information as to what route or peak he was intending to
climb, or at which parking area he would leave his vehicle.  Rangers located
B.L.'s vehicle at the String Lake trailhead just before 5 p.m., thereby
narrowing down the search area to the central portion of the Teton Range. 
Shortly thereafter, two rangers began an aerial search in the park contract
helicopter, with plans to fly primary trails and travel routes and to look
for an attractant such as smoke or a mirror flash.  Ten minutes into the
flight, they spotted a white t-shirt hanging in a tree near the base of
Symmetry Couloir, southeast of Symmetry Spire.  Although it turned out that
this shirt had nothing to do with the missing climber, it focused the aerial
search in this general area.  Within two minutes, a solo climber was seen in
the upper reaches of a couloir west of Symmetry Spire.  The individual
matched the description of the missing climber; he appeared to be injured and
unable to move.  With daylight hours waning, the helicopter returned to the
Lupine Meadows helibase and was configured for a shorthaul rescue.  One
ranger served as the shorthaul spotter while the other was lowered to the
scene via a 150-foot shorthaul line.  The climber, who turned out to be
B.L., was stabilized and evacuated via shorthaul extraction, with a ranger
attending him.  Just under three hours had elapsed since the first report. 
This proved significant, as the search was begun with the knowledge that
B.L. had gone climbing somewhere in the Tetons and was likely in the
central portion of the Teton Range.  It's estimated that a conventional,
technical ground rescue to the nearest landing zone would have required, at a
minimum, a team of 12 to 15 people, and would have extended well into the
following day.  B.L. remains hospitalized with a fractured clavicle and
humerus, multiple fractures to the pelvis, and multiple abrasions and
contusions.  He had fallen an undetermined distance on the afternoon of the
11th after reaching the summit of Symmetry Spire via the east ridge.  [Colin
Campbell, CR, GRTE, 10/22]

98-697 - Yellowstone NP (WY) - Grizzly Bear Mauling

P.V.D.A., 31, and his wife, A.R., 27, both from Belgium,
were on a day hike on a spur of the Mount Holmes trail on September 5th when
Van Der Auwera surprised a grizzly bear sow and her yearling.  The bears were
no more than 15 yards away.  The sow charged P.V.D.A., threw him in the
air, then bit him in the right thigh.  It took three hours for A.R. to
hike out for assistance.  P.V.D.A. was short-hauled from the scene by
helicopter, brought to an ambulance, taken to Mammoth Hot Springs for initial
treatment, then flown to a hospital in Billings.  Both the Mount Holmes and
Grizzly Lake trailheads were closed until September 9th.  ["The Buffalo
Chip," RM Newsletter, YELL]

98-698 - Yellowstone NP (WY) - Bison Goring

L.H., 80, of Newport, Kentucky, was gored by a bull bison in the
Canyon cabin area around 9 p.m. on July 15th.  L.H. was visiting the park
with his daughter and other friends and staying in one of the cabins.  As
they were returning to their cabin that evening, they saw a bison next to the
cabin's stairs.  The bison became very agitated when they approached. 
L.H.'s daughter and other visitors quickly moved back, but L.H. was not
able to retreat as quickly.  The bison charged, struck him, and threw him 15
feet into the air.  His injuries included a broken right elbow and a deep
laceration to his left thigh.  He was taken to a hospital in Cody for
treatment.  This was the third such bison encounter of the summer.  ["The
Buffalo Chip," RM Newsletter, YELL]

98-699 - Gettysburg NMP (PA) - Employee Injury

Maintenance worker Fred Redmond was injured by a falling snag while removing
hazard trees along a park trail near South Confederate Avenue on the morning
of October 27th.  Redmond was standing about 20 feet from a front-end loader
and to one side as the operator knocked down a dead snag.  That snag caught a
second snag, however, which struck Redmond on the back of the head, causing a
significant laceration and contusion.  Rangers provided initial treatment; he
was then taken to a hospital in Gettysburg and admitted for overnight
observation for a suspected concussion.  Redmond was released the following
day and is expected back at work on Saturday.  [Pete Walzer, SPR, GETT,
10/28]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.

PARK DISPATCHES

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No entries.

MEMORANDA

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INTERCHANGE

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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 month's additions:  

o     Russ Belknap for the sustainable information directory;
o     Bob Appling for the government forms site;
o     Mike Warren for the atomic clock time setting site;
o     Teresa Ford for the ANPR web site;
o     DeNise Cooke for the NPS NEPA guideline site; and
o     Jerry McCrea for the new EPA environmental information site.

All new entries are marked with asterisks (*); all revised/corrected entries
are marked with pound signs (#).

NPS SITES

Congressional Affairs office        http://www.nps.gov/legal
Training and Development office     http://www.nps.gov/training
NPS Web page development info       http://www.nps.gov/helpdesk (user name:
                                    NPS, password: Mather)
Current VIP opportunities           http://www.nps.gov/volunteer
Press releases, park news, more     http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pressrm.htm
Q&A with volunteer NPS historians   http://www.nps.gov/crweb1/history/askhist
                                    .htm
Geologists-in-Parks program         http://www.aqd.nps.gov/natnet/grd/geojob/
                                    geojob.htm
Harpers Ferry wayside exhibits      http://www.nps.gov/waysite 
NPS safety info                     http://www.nps.gov/riskmgmt
NCR Museum Resource Center          http://www.nps.gov/mrc
National Center for Preservation
 Technology and Training            http://www.ncptt.nps.gov
NPS training opportunities          http://www.nps.gov/training
NPS strategic plan                  http://www.nps.gov - InfoZone, Park
                                    Planning
NPS "Courier" magazine              http://www.nps.gov/htdocs1/pub_aff/
                                    courier/index.htm
NPS intake training program         http://www.nps.gov/intake
U.S. Park Police                    http://www.doi.gov/u.s.park.police/
NPS organization charts             http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/Refdesk.htm
Fire Management Program Center      http://www.nps.gov/fire/
Public Health Service office        http://www.nps.gov/public_health/
Nat. Reg. for Historic Places       http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/nrhome.htm
Employee safety/lost time stats     http://www.nps.gov/htdocs1/riskmgmt/
                                    GPRAIVa6no.htm
Visitor safety stats                http://www.nps.gov/htdocs1/riskmgmt/
                                    Gpvistrdays.htm
GPRA                                http://amoeba.nps.gov/amoeba/nps.pmds.nsf
Denver Service Center info          http://amoeba.nps.gov/amoeba.nsf
Harpers Ferry Center info           http://www.hfc.nps.gov
                                    http://www.nps.gov/hfc
Submerged Cultural Resource Unit    http://www.nps.gov/scru/home.htm
NPS Morning Report                  http://www.nps.gov/morningreport
CIRS/NPS LE program                 http://www.cirs.nps.gov
Sustainable practices/info *        http://www.nps.gov/sustain/
NPS NEPA guidelines *               http://www.nps.gov/planning/nepa

DOI SITES

DOI address directory               http://www.doi.gov/cgi-bin/mailsrch
DOI jobs listings                   http://www.usgs.gov/doi/avads/index.html
DOI IG reports                      http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/ig.html
DOI payroll, Denver                 http://www.dasc.doi.gov
DOI safety                          http://safety.doi.gov
DOI recreation lakes commission     http://www.doi.gov/nrls
DOI Y2K microchip hazards           http://www.mrps.doi.gov/y2kchips.htm
DOI Office of Aircraft Services     http://www.oas.gov

OTHER AGENCY SITES

Comptroller General decisions       http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gaocd.html
GAO reports                         http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/gao.html
OPM jobs listings                   http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
USDA graduate school                http://www.grad.usda.gov
Thrift Savings Plan                 http://www.tsp.gov
New legislation (NECTEA) re: 
 funding for park roads             http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
OPM locality pay rates              http://www.opm.gov/pay/index.htm
CFR and Federal Register info       http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection   http://www.ftc.gov
IG networks                         http://www.ignet.gov/ignet
Fed Employees News Digest           http://www.fedforce.com/fedforce/
                                    fedforce.html
National registry for EMTs          http://www.nremt.org
Center for Disease Control          http://www.cdc.gov
Standard government forms           http://web1.whs.osd.mil/icdhome/SFEFORMS.
                                    HTM
Excess military equipment           http://www.drms.dla.mil
Federal recreation areas            http://www.recreation.gov
DOJ land appraisal standards        http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/land-ack
USGS digital and map data           http://cdcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/glis.html
USGS maps in progress               http://mcmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/status/index. 
                                    html
Government forms *                  http://www.gsa.gov/forms
EPA environmental info *            http://www.epa.gov/ceis

CONGRESSIONAL SITES

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

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT SITES

Wildland fire information           http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire
National Interagency Fire Center    http://www.nifc.gov
NIFC fire situation reports         http://www.nifc.gov/news/sitreprt.html
National Wildfire Coord. Group      http:/www.nwcg.gov
NPS fire situation reports          http://nifc.nps.gov/sacs (under INFO RES)

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SITES

Exotic invasive species             http://www.aqd.nps.gov/npci
Malformed amphibians reports        http://www.npwrc.org/narcam
Mineral developments near parks     http://www.aqd.nps.gov/facts/fadjacen.htm
Vegetation/soils planting info      http://plants.usda.gov
"Park Science" magazine             http://www.aqd.nps.gov/nrid/parksci/
"Natural Resource Year in Review"   http://www.aqd.nps.gov/pubs/yr_rvw96/
Natural resource pubs list          http://www.aqd.nps.gov/pubs/
NRM fact sheets                     http://www.aqd.nps.gov/facts/findex.htm
National GIS/data clearinghouse     http://www.cgc.ncsu.edu/npsgis/index.html

WILDERNESS/BACKCOUNTRY MANAGEMENT SITES

Arthur Carhart training center      http://www.wilderness.net/carhart
Aldo Leopold institute              http://www.wilderness.net/leopold
Leave No Trace program              http://www.lnt.org
Wilderness-related links            http://www.forestry.umt.edu/people/
                                    borrie/wilderness/
Wilderness Information Network      http://wilderness.net

LEGAL SITES

United States Code                  http://law.house.gov/usc.htm
                                    http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
Code of Federal Regulations         http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr
Federal Register                    http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/#fr
                                    http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/
                                    aces140.html
Federal Acquisition Regulations     http://www.gsa.gov/far/current/html/toc.
                                    html
Executive Orders                    http://www.arnet.gov/References/
                                    References.html
OMB Circulars                       http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/
Supreme Court cases                 http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct
Federal Circuit cases               http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit/
                                    http://www.gao.gov/decisions/decision.htm
                                    http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/fedcourt.
                                    html
FLRA cases                          http://www.flra.gov/inex.html
MSPB cases                          http://www.access.gpo.gov/mspb
FLETC legal updates                 http://www.ustreas.gov/fletc/legal.htm
Environmental law                   http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-
                                    lib/envlaw.html
Ethics issues                       http://www.usoge.gov/
Federal laws in general             http://www.fedworld.gov
                                    http://fedlaw.gsa.gov
ARPA/NAGPRA laws                    http://www.nmia.com/~quasho/
Info on legal issues                http://www.Lawcheck.com/main.html
Laws, court rulings, related info   http://www.findlaw.com
Court cases, codes, regs, etc.      http://www.are.uscourts.gov/sites.htm
Glossary of legal terms             http://www.courttv.com/legalterms/  
                                    glossary.html
Environmental law                   http://www.cnie.org

ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SITES

Environmental contract fraud info   http://www.echotech.com
                                    http://www.afce.org
                                    http://www.fraud.org
Info on militia groups, etc.        http://www.splcenter.org
Law enforcement newsletter          http://www.2calibrepress.com

OTHER RELEVANT SITES

NPS cooperating associations        http://www.nps.gov/coophome.htm
National Park Foundation            http://www.nationalparks.org
Student Conservation Association    http://www.sca-inc.org
George Wright Society               http://www.portup.com/~gws/home.html
GWS park-related links              http://www.portup.com/~gws/gwsnet.html
Links to NPs worldwide              http://149.170.210.2/~keith/links.htm
National Center for Accessibility   http://www.indiana.edu/~nca
Recycled content procurement        http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-
                                    hw/procure.html
                                    http://www.metrokc.gov/oppis/recyclea.
                                    html
                                    http://www.pnl.gov/esp/greenguide
                                    fcn.state.fl.us/bpsr/drc_notice.html
Telephone directory searches        http://www.pc411.com
Computer virus myths                http://kumite.com/myths/
Zip codes                           http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
US Park Ranger FOP site             http://home.earthlink.net/~bikeranger/
Travel maps                         http://www.mapsonus.com
Travel planning                     http://www.bts.gov/virtualib
Federal travel regs                 http://policyworks.gov/ftr
State tax exempt rules              http://policyworks.gov/travel
National park weather forecasts     http://www.intellicast.com/weather/
                                    natparks
Facts on File information           http://www.factsonfile.com
LE/firefighter retirement           http://fire.blm.gov/retire
Atomic clock time set info *        http://www.bldrdoc.nist.gov/doc-tour/ 
                                    atomic_clock.html
                                    http://www.boulder.nist.gov/
                                    timefrequency/javaclck (for Java
                                    browsers)
Assoc of National Park Rangers *    http://www.anpr.org

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