NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT
  
  
  To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices
  
  From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
  
  Day/Date:   Thursday, February 3, 2000
  
  ALMANAC
  
  On this day in 1920, "Beyond the Horizon," the play for which Eugene 
  O'Neill won the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes, received its first 
  performance.  O'Neill's contributions to the American theater are 
  recognized at Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, containing his 
  last home in Danville, California.
  
  INCIDENTS
  
  00-025 - Lassen Volcanic NP (CA) - Rescue
  
  Cross-country skiers D.E. and D.M. were returning 
  from a weekend ski trip on January 30th when D.E. was caught, 
  covered and trapped by an avalanche. Avalanche conditions were 'high' 
  prior to their departure on the trip on Friday, January 28th, and a 
  winter storm warning was in effect. D.M. called for help on a cell 
  phone. Park and National Ski Patrol personnel and a sheriff's office 
  dog team responded via snowshoes, skis and over-snow vehicles. Deep 
  snow, steep terrain, and avalanche conditions hampered the search 
  response. Four hours lapsed before rescue teams could rendezvous and 
  reach the avalanche site. The dog handler found some of D.E.' 
  clothing in a deposition field, and he was located by probe shortly 
  thereafter. D.E. was unconscious but breathing despite being 
  covered by over five feet of snow for five-and-a-half hours. He was 
  extricated, transported out, and turned over to a waiting advanced 
  life support crew. D.E. was treated for hypothermia at the 
  hospital, kept overnight for observation, then released the following 
  day. [Kurt Veeck, IC, and John Roth, CR, LAVO, 2/2]
  
  00-026 - Petrified Forest NP (AZ) - Special Event
  
  Employees and VIP's from all divisions within the park participated in 
  the annual Hash Knife Posse Pony Express ride on January 25th. Nine 
  employees volunteered their time and many used their own horses and 
  equipment in order to participate in the event. The first rider left 
  the Rainbow Forest museum at 10 a.m. and rode to Highway 180, where 
  the mail bag, containing visitor and employee mail from the park, was 
  handed over to the second rider. Seven three-mile-long legs were 
  ridden, ending at the Holbrook County fairgrounds. The riders then 
  joined other Hash Knife Posse representatives and delivered mail from 
  the surrounding area to the Holbrook post office. Local media 
  photographed the mail being handed over to the postmaster. [Pat Quinn, 
  PEFO, 1/31]
  
  00-027 - Grand Canyon NP (AZ) - Probable Drowning
  
  J.P., 22, was fishing in the Colorado River with two 
  companions on the afternoon of January 29th when he had a seizure and 
  fell into the water. His body was recovered the following evening. The 
  cause of death has not yet been determined. [Matt Vanduza, IC, GRCA, 
  via Dispatch, SHEN, 2/1]
  
  00-028 - Baltimore-Washington Parkway (DC/MD) - Carjacking
  
  A red Ford Contour overturned on the ramp from Powdermill Road to the 
  southbound lanes of the parkway on the afternoon of January 29th. The 
  operator got out of the car, forced the female driver of a green Ford 
  Escort out of her vehicle, then fled south on the parkway. Park Police 
  detectives are investigating. [Sgt. R. MacLean, USPP, NCR, 1/31]
  
  00-029 - Rock Creek Park (DC) - Bombs
  
  On January 28th, members of the USPP tactical crime unit from Rock 
  Creek Station served a narcotics search warrant at a residence in the 
  city. During the search, they discovered two M-1000 explosive devices 
  wrapped individually in duct tape. The duct tape was securing items to 
  the explosives (such as razor blades) which would act as shrapnel upon 
  detonation. The city police emergency ordnance disposal unit 
  dismantled the devices. An occupant of the residence was charged with 
  possession of explosive devices. Officers also recovered 64 rounds of 
  assorted caliber ammunition and narcotics paraphernalia. [Sgt. R. 
  MacLean, USPP, NCR, 1/31]
  
  00-030 - Coronado NM (AZ) - Drug Seizure
  
  On the morning of January 30th, rangers spotted a vehicle passing the 
  park's visitor center at an unusually high rate of speed. They 
  responded and found the vehicle abandoned on the entrance road, 
  straddling the center line, about 100 yards from the visitor center. 
  Nearly 240 pounds of processed marijuana were found packed into the 
  vehicle's passenger compartment. The estimated street value is 
  $240,000. A joint investigation with Customs is underway. [Fred 
  Moosman, CR, CORO, 2/1]
  
  00-031 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM (AZ) - Drug Seizure
  
  A ranger discovered a group of suspected smugglers in a heavily used 
  drug trafficking area near Highway 85 on January 24th. Five backpack 
  bundles of marijuana totaling 242 pounds were seized. Border Patrol 
  agents saw five suspects running south from the area toward the 
  Mexican border. No arrests were made. [J. Young, PR, ORPI, 2/1]
  
  CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  
  Point Reyes NS (CA) - Coho and Steelhead Fish Passage
  
  The threatened coho salmon returned to creeks within the park last 
  week due to increasing rains in central California. The newly-arrived 
  coho adults entered a side tributary to Olema Creek called Blueline 
  Creek  The creek, blocked by a high culvert for over 40 years, has 
  been made passable through the creation of  a series of  pools and 
  culvert modifications.  These modifications, costing just $12,000, 
  have made over three miles of additional stream available to the fish. 
  During fish spawner counts last week, over 20 coho were found to have 
  entered the Blueline Creek area. This project is part of an ongoing 
  effort by the joint Point Reyes NS-Golden Gate NRA coho and steelhead 
  restoration project, the objective of which is to protect and enhance 
  riparian and stream habitat for streelhead and trout.  Lagunitas and 
  Olema Creeks, both within NPS boundaries, have remnant populations of 
  coho and steelhead trout and are estimated to have approximately 10% 
  of the remaining wild coho salmon stock in central California. [Don 
  Neubacher, PORE]
  
  OPERATIONAL NOTES
  
  Safety and Health DO - Director's order (DO) 50B and reference manual 
  (RM) 50B, both of which cover the Service's occupational safety and 
  health program, are now available electronically at the "Reference 
  Desk" on the NPS web page. Look under "Policies, Guidance and Manuals" 
  for the two documents, which replace the old guideline, NPS-50, and 
  contain policy, requirements, responsibilities and implementation 
  guidance on occupational safety and health issues. [Shirley Rowley, 
  RMD/WASO]
  
  MEMORANDA
  
  No submissions.
  
  INTERCHANGE
  
  No submissions.
   
  PARKS AND PEOPLE
  
  Knife River Indian Villages NHS - The park will be hiring a GS-025 law 
  enforcement/resource management ranger. The position will be covered 
  by 6c. Check USA Jobs for either the merit promotion 5/7/9 
  announcement (NEKOTA 00-01, closing on February 14th) or the OPM 
  all-sources announcement for GS-5. Questions should be directed to 
  Lisa Eckert at 701-745-3300. [Lisa Eckert, KNRI]
  
  Dinosaur NM - The park is seeking to fill the GS-025-9 Green River 
  area ranger position through lateral transfer. Occupancy of a 
  government residence in the Quarry housing area near Jensen, Utah, is 
  required. The position is covered by 6c; duties include LE, SAR, EMS, 
  resource management and fee collection. For information about the 
  position, the application process and the area, call chief ranger Dave 
  Panebaker at 970-374-3022 by close of business on February 11th. 
  
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  Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the 
  cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
  
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