NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, March 29, 1999

INCIDENTS

99-106 - Santa Monica Mountains NRS (CA) - Serious Employee Illness

Scott Erickson, the park's deputy superintendent, has been taken seriously
ill.  On Monday, March 22nd, he was admitted to the emergency room at Los
Robles Regional Medical Center for testing.  Scott had suffered increasing
fatigue for a number of days, culminating on Monday with a gradual but
noticeable loss of muscle movement on the left side of his body.  Tests
revealed that he has a large tumor in the right hemisphere of his brain.  It
is inoperable, but not untreatable.  He will be moved to UCLA Medical Center
for further tests and the best care that the area has to offer.  Those who
would like to send their best wishes to Scott can send them care of the park
at 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360.  [Jean Bray, SAMO,
3/26]

99-107 - Delaware Water Gap NRA (NJ/PA) - Climbing Fatality; Rescue

On the afternoon of Friday, March 26th, three climbers - D.O., T.F.
and J.S. - decided to take advantage of the nice weather
to go rock climbing on Mount Minsi at the south end of the park.  D.O.
and T.F. began climbing an established route; J.S. waited for his
companions at the base of the pitch.  During the climb, D.O. evidently
dislodged a large rock, which knocked him off the mountain.  T.F. was
in the process of catching him when the climbing rope was severed by the
falling boulder.  D.O. fell another 130 to 150 feet to the talus slope
below.  J.S. heard the rock hit the ground near him.  When he checked it,
he came upon D.O..  J.S. detected shallow respirations and a soft
pulse.  He ran down across the talus field to a nearby highway and stood in
the road until a vehicle stopped.  The driver notified the county dispatch
center via her cellular phone.  J.S. then returned to D.O. and began
administering CPR.  Rangers and paramedics arrived on scene about 40 minutes
after the fall and determined that D.O. had died.  The park's high angle
rescue team, comprised of rangers and representatives from the Pennsylvania
and New Jersey forestry services and New Jersey state parks, worked
themselves into a position above T.F., who was stranded on the cliff,
and assisted him in climbing to the top of the rock face.  Team members and
fire and rescue personnel from several other agencies then removed D.O.'s
body via a belayed carry-out down the talus slope in the dark.  The response
involved about 60 people from seven agencies.  [Ed Whitaker, DR, Pennsylvania
District, DEWA, 3/27]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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INTERCHANGE

No entries.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

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:      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 - 5 *
Meeting:    Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
            Committee
Location:   Town Center Hotel, Silver Spring, MD
Details:    The agenda will include federal compliance with NAGPRA,
            disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains, and the
            status of national implementation.
Closes:     April 5th (only for persons wishing to make presentations)
Contact:    Dr. Francis P. McManamon
Phone/fax:  202-343-4101; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  NAGPRA Review Committee

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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