NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, March 1, 1999

INCIDENTS

99-57 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Follow-up: Search in Progress

The search for C.S., 42, her daughter, J.S., 15, and family friend 
S.P., 16, who have now been missing for almost two weeks, is
currently focusing on locations outside the park.  A thorough search of the
Route 120 corridor and other primary search areas concluded on Friday
following ten days of effort.  Eleven teams with 115 searchers and three
helicopters were deployed, but no signs of the three women were found.  The
search operation was accordingly terminated.  C.S.'s wallet was found
in Modesto last week, so the FBI's efforts are now concentrated in that area. 
Media attention remains very high; there were over two dozen satellite
transmission trucks in and around the park last week.  The S.s are a
wealthy California family and have offered a $250,000 reward for any tips or
information.  C.S. was driving a rented 1999 red Pontiac Grand Prix,
California license.  She is 5'3" and weighs about 170 pounds; the
girls are about the same height, but weigh between 115 and 130 pounds.  The
FBI contact number is 1-800-435-7883.  [Scott Gediman, PIO, YOSE, 2/26; The
Fresno Bee, 2/28] 

99-58 - Pictured Rocks NL (MI) - Snowmobiling Fatality

M.H., 29, of Detroit, Michigan, died on February 21st from numerous
injuries received in a snowmobiling accident near Grand Sable Lake.  M.H.
failed to negotiate a curve on a designated snowmobile trail and hit a
guardrail.  His helmet was shattered by the impact with the wooden railing. 
Ranger Neil Korsmo, who responded along with a township ambulance, provided
primary patient care.  M.H. had suffered significant head trauma and was
found to be in full arrest.  He was pronounced dead at a local hospital,
where doctors determined that he had multiple skull fractures, a fractured
neck and a double pneumothorax.  Speed and alcohol were contributing factors. 
This is the 15th snowmobiling fatality to occur on the Upper Peninsula this
winter.  [Larry Hach, CR, PIRO, 2/26]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.

PARK DISPATCHES

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Fire Medical Exams - The Federal Fire and Aviation Leadership Council,
composed of representatives from the five federal wildland fire management
agencies, is in the process of establishing common wildland fire medical
standards with the assistance of DOI, OPM and the Public Health Service.  The
core task group is comprised of the same people who developed the law
enforcement medical standards for the NPS.  An initial draft of the new
standards has been completed, but much work needs to be done regarding
implementation procedures.  The final standards and processes will probably
not be completed by summer, so parks should continue to follow existing
procedures, utilizing the approved SF-78 identified in both the 1990 issuance
of NPS-18 and the new RM-18 to be issued shortly.  Do NOT use the new law
enforcement standards or process for wildland fire management medical
examinations.  For further information, contact your regional fire management
officer or Paul Broyles, national fire operations program leader in Boise.

MEMORANDA

No entries.

INTERCHANGE

No entries.

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.

Dates:      March 7 - 11 
Conference: National Conference on Cultural Property Protection 
Location:   Los Angles, CA
Details:    The conference will include sessions on construction and
            security, defining threats, fire protection, alarms, guard
            forces/services, etc. The registration fee $425 and opens in
            January.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Smithsonian Institution
Phone/fax:  202-633-9446; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Hollis G. Provins, INDE

Dates:      March 19 - 21 *
Conference: First Annual Meeting, Southeast Regional African American
            Preservation Alliance
Location:   Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
Details:    The Alliance, formed in 1995, encourages the preservation of
            African American history, sites and culture and assists in
            forming local and statewide preservation organizations. 
            Representatives from African American preservation organizations
            are invited to attend.  
Closes:     March 12th
Contact:    Sierra Neal, National Trust
Phone/fax:  843-722-8552; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Michael Allen, SER

Dates:      March 21 - 24 
Conference: Thirteenth National Town Meeting on Main Street
Location:   San Diego, CA
Details:    Sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main
            Street Center.  Nearly 100 educational and field sessions led by
            local community development specialists.  The Main Street
            approach to economic development and historic preservation has
            been adopted by 1400 agencies across the country and is being
            used by federal agencies to rethink under-utilized historic
            properties.  
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Main Street Center
Phone/fax:  202-588-6219; ---
E-mail:     http://www.mainst.org/
Submitter:  Brooks Prueher, NTHP

Dates:      March 22 - 26 
Conference: On the Frontiers of Conservation: Discovery, Reappraisal &
            Innovation
Location:   Great Smokies Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, Asheville, NC
Details:    George Wright Society interdisciplinary conference on research
            and resource management in parks and other protected areas.
Closes:     Early registration discounts to February 21st. 
Contact:    Dave Harmon, George Wright Society
Phone/fax:  1-906-487-9722; 1-906-487-9405
E-mail:     gws@mail.portup.com; http://www.portup.com/~gws/gws99.html 
Submitter:  Dave Harmon, GWS

Dates:      April 6 - 8 
Conference: Joint Conference for Interpreters and Natural and Cultural
            Resource Managers
Location:   Sheraton Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY
Details:    The objective of the conference is to develop an approach to both
            interpreting and preserving resources.  Hotel reservations (1-
            518-584-4000) must be made by March 5th.
Closes:     March 5th
Contact:    DeNise Cooke (DEWA), Phyllis Ellin (PSO), Larry Gall (BSO), Judy
            Hellmich (LOWE), David Orr (VAFO), Janet Wise (SARA)
Phone/fax:  --- ; ---
E-mail:     All available via cc:Mail at respective parks/offices.
Submitter:  DeNise Cooke, DEWA

Dates:      April 6 - 8 
Conference: "Toward a Sustainable Environment - Learning from Our Successes,"
            1999 DOI Conference on the Environment
Location:   Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, CO
Details:    Sessions will focus on working toward a sustainable environment
            and learning from our successes in cleaning up contaminated
            sites, preventing pollution, and working with NEPA, CERCLA and
            the natural resource damage and assessment and restoration
            program.  Registration fee of $180 prior to March 15th; $225
            thereafter.  Hotel reservations (1-800-444-2326) must be made by
            March 12th.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Fred Sturniolo, NPS representative, or the conference web site,
            http://www.doi.gov/oepc
Phone/fax:  202-565-1528; ---
E-mail:     Fred Sturniolo at NP-WASO-FMD
Submitter:  Maureen Foster, WASO

Dates:      April 25 - 29 
Conference: "Reinventing the Museum: Relevance and Renewal," Annual Meeting,
            American Association of Museums
Location:   Cleveland, OH
Details:    See the web site at www.aam-us.org
Closes:     ---
Contact:    American Association of Museums
Phone/fax:  202-289-9114; 202-289-6578
E-mail:     seminars@aam-us.org
Submitter:  Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO

Dates:      July 3 *
Event:      Reunion 
Location:   Craters of the Moon NM, ID
Details:    A reunion of all past employees is being planned as part of the
            park's 75th anniversary celebration.  Please advise the park if
            you know the location of any past CRMO employee.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Lorie Rummele or Judy Pedersen
Phone/fax:  208-527-3257; ---
E-mail:     Administration at NP-CRMO
Submitter:  Lorie Rummele

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