NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, March 15, 1999

INCIDENTS

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

The search for C.S. and J.S. and family friend S.P., now in
its fourth week, continues, and is now focusing on the Cedar Lodge area,
which is about three miles west of El Portal on Highway 140 - outside of both
the park and the El Portal administrative area.  FBI agents and county
deputies, however, have searched the Trailer Village area and around the El
Portal Chevron station, which are on park lands.  The night janitor at the
lodge was arrested, but on charges of parole violations rather than for any
actions associated with the missing women.  Park staff are not involved in
the search or the investigation.  According to FBI agent James Maddock, cited
in Saturday's Fresno Bee, the FBI has concluded that the three were victims
of a violent crime at or near Cedar Lodge on the night of February 15th or
early on the 16th and that there is a high probability that they are dead. 
Maddock said that the search and investigation will probably "go on for a
long, long time."  [Scott Gediman, PIO, YOSe; Michael Baker and Pablo Lopez,
The Fresno Bee, 3/13]

99-83 - Lake Mead NRA (AZ/NV) - Arrests, Stolen Vehicle and Vessel

On March 7th, a Nevada Division of Wildlife (NDOW) game warden asked rangers
to help him locate a stolen boat and trailer in Plateau Cove on Lake Mohave,
which is part of the park.  Ranger Glen Anderson responded by boat from
Cottonwood Cove.  The warden had meanwhile determined that the suspects -
J.C., 31, and T.W., 22 - had just left the area in a motor
home.  Another warden stopped the vehicle outside of Nelson, Nevada, about a
half hour later.  J.C. got out of the motor home and fled, leaving T.W.
and a five-year-old boy behind.  NDOW again asked for help; rangers Andy
Coriell, Ryan Regnell and Paul Crawford and city officers searched the area,
including an abandoned mining claim and various trailers, vehicles and
shacks.  The search then moved to a wash and the mountainside above it, where
a helicopter with an infrared detection device picked up the hiding J.C.
J.C. and T.W. were arrested.  Both have extensive criminal histories;
T.W. had just been released from prison on a stolen vehicle charge.  The
two had stolen the motor home and a boat on a trailer behind it.  They
launched the boat into the water by backing the trailer off a ledge until the
boat fell into the water.  They attempted to recover it by disconnecting the
trailer from the RV, lifting the boat onto the trailer, then pulling the
trailer back to the RV using ropes.  This proved to be an unsuccessful
strategy, so they abandoned the boat and took off in the motor home.  [Paul
Crawford, SPR, Boulder Basin District, LAME, 3/13]

                       [Additional reports pending...]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

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OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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INTERCHANGE

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PARKS AND PEOPLE

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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.

Dates:      March 17 - 19 *
Conference: Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Meeting
Location:   Chattanooga, TN
Details:    Presentation of national strategy for freshwater mussel
            conservation; related issues.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Dr. Paul Johnson, Southeast Aquatic Research Institute
Phone/fax:  423-785-4074; ---
E-mail:     pdj@sari.org
Submitter:  Sue Jennings, BISO

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 5 - 8 *
Conference: Joint Conference for Chief Rangers, Interpreters, and Natural and
            Cultural Resource Managers
Location:   Sheraton Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL
Details:    The conference will focus on a resource protection and education
            strategy for the 21st century.  Hotel reservations must be made
            by March 19th.
Closes:     March 12th
Contact:    Any of the following: Wayne Elliott (BISC), Reed Detring (EVER),
            Judy Forte (SERO), JR Tomasovic (GUIS), Bob Blythe (SERO),
            Roberta D'Amico (EVER), Dan Sholly (BICY), Chris Furgueron (SERO)
Phone/fax:  --- ; ---
E-mail:     All are available via cc:Mail
Submitter:  Wayne Elliott, BISC

Dates:      April 5 - 9 *
Meeting:    Facility Management Software System Technical Evaluation
            Committee
Location:   Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details:    ---
Contact:    Rich Shireman
Phone/fax:  580-497-2505; ---
E-mail:     Rick Shireman at NP--SWR
Submitter:  Same

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 9 - 11 *
Conference: Status of Geologic Research and Mapping in Death Valley National
            Park
Location:   Las Vegas, NV
Details:    The conference, jointly sponsored by the NPS, USGS and DOE, will
            focus on geologic research and mapping in the park by the leading
            authorities on those subjects.  Includes two days of
            presentations and posters and a day-long field trip.  Details
            available on the natural resources and geoscience bulletin
            boards.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Bruce Heise
Phone/fax:  303-969-2017; ---
E-mail:     Bruce Heise at NP-DEN3
Submitter:  Same

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:      May 3 - 7 *
Meeting:    Facility Management Software Final Selection Committee
Location:   Washington, DC
Details:    ---
Contact:    Rich Shireman
Phone/fax:  580-497-2505; ---
E-mail:     Rick Shireman at NP--SWR
Submitter:  Same

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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