NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                               MORNING REPORT

To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Friday, April 9, 1999

INCIDENTS

No incidents reported (yes, two days in a row without incidents is some kind
of record, at least in recent years...)

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

Yellowstone NP (WY) - Pronghorn Census

On March 25th, park biologists conducted the annual aerial census of the
northern Yellowstone pronghorn herd.  A total of 204 pronghorn were counted,
slightly down from the 231 pronghorn counted in April, 1998.  The count is
conducted each spring by agreement with the Northern Yellowstone Cooperative 
Wildlife Working Group, comprised of state and federal agencies, and provides
a minimum population estimate for the herd. Pronghorn numbers in this herd
have declined in recent years from a high of 591 in 1991 to between 200 and
250 since 1995. The cause of the population decline and its continuing low
level puts this unique and isolated population at particular risk.  To better
understand the factors behind this trend, the park and the University of
Idaho have begun a cooperative research project to study fawn production and
fawn mortality in the herd. Other research projects, including a study of
pronghorn habitat use and availability, are being considered to provide
additional information necessary to understand the factors limiting this
population.  The northern Yellowstone pronghorn herd summers primarily within
the park, and winters between Mammoth Hot Springs and Corwin Springs,
Montana.  Once part of a larger population extending north along the
Yellowstone River valley to Livingston, Montana, the northern Yellowstone
herd has been isolated from other pronghorn since the 1920s, when pronghorn
were almost extirpated through hunting.  [PIO, YELL, 4/7]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No entries.

MEMORANDA

No entries.

INTERCHANGE

No entries.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Gettysburg NMP - The Cyclorama Center reopened this morning.  Additional
tests for asbestos conducted yesterday revealed that air and surface samples
are at safe levels for the public.  The test conducted on Tuesday indicated a
high level of fiber in the air, but didn't specify the percentage of fibers
which were asbestos.  Yesterday's tests showed that the percentage was very
low. The park will be examining alternatives for repair of the ceiling area
where a roof leak caused asbestos-containing material to fall into the
building.

Chattahoochee River NRA - The are two vacancies currently open for a park
ranger position in suburban Atlanta.  One is at the GS-5/7 level and the
other is at the full performance GS-9 level.  Both of the announcements for
the one position are open to all sources.  The vacancy number on USAJobs for
the former is AT0170; for the latter it's AT0172.  They close on April 20th. 
For further information, contact chief of administration Riana Bishop at 770-
399-8074 ext 227, or Riana Bishop at NP-SER.

Delaware Water Gap NRA - The park has an opening for a GS-1640-13 facility
manager (chief of maintenance).  The announcement (DEWA-99-04) opens today
and closes on April 30th.  For further information, contact Melanie Bond at
570-588-2449.

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