NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Friday, November 17, 2000

ALMANAC

On this date in 1933, the Historic American Buildings Survey was 
initiated within the National Park Service.  Organized under an 
agreement with the American Institute of Architects and the Library of 
Congress, it was the first comprehensive program to record America's 
historic buildings.

INCIDENTS

00-570 - Everglades NP (FL) - Follow-up: Clean Water Act Convictions

On May 4th, rangers Jim Sanborn, Mike Foster and Doug Murphy arrested 
J.C., 33, and L.F., 30, both from Homestead, for 
violations of the Clean Water Act. The two men were caught in the act 
of dumping domestic trash in a wetland area of the park. They were 
indicted by a federal grand jury and plead guilty to one felony count 
each of violation of the Clean Water Act on August 17th.  On October 
27th, they were sentenced federal court in Miami.  J.C. was 
sentenced to one year and one day in federal custody, and L.F. was 
sentenced to fifteen months in jail.  Each was given one year of 
supervised release after his imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,200 
each to their former employer, Faircloth Sanitation, which voluntarily 
took on the work and expense of cleaning up the dump site.  [Jim 
Sanborn, DR, EVER, 11/7]

00-707 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Special Event

Secretary Bruce Babbitt was in the park on November 14th to announce 
the final Yosemite Valley plan. The draft plan, released in March, 
generated more than 10,000 comments from the public. Park staff also 
held 20 public meetings around the country to elicit additional 
comments from interested parties. The final plan provides a framework 
to restore degraded areas and reduce development within the Merced 
River ecosystem of Yosemite Valley. It will also reduce gridlock and 
automobile congestion by relocating parking to areas outside the 
valley. The ceremony was led by superintendent Dave Mihalic and 
included presentations by the secretary and leaders of several major 
environmental groups. About 350 people and 35 protestors attended the 
event. There were no incidents. Media coverage was extensive, with 37 
news crews in the park. [Scott Gediman, PIO, YOSE, 11/15]

00-708 - Colorado NM (CO) - Special Event

The Immigration and Naturalization Service conducted a naturalization 
ceremony at the park's visitor center on November 15th. Sixty-three 
people from throughout Colorado's Western Slope area became citizens 
during the ceremony, presided over by a magistrate judge from Grand 
Junction. The ceremony was well attended by friends and families of 
the new citizens and received significant local media coverage. [Ron 
Young, CR, COLM, 11/16]

00-709 - Big Bend NP (TX) - Drug and Cash Seizure

Ranger Matt Stoffolano made a traffic stop for speeding in the park on 
November 10th. During a consent search of the vehicle, he found and 
seized a small amount of marijuana, a scale, paraphernalia, and a 
number of plastic baggies. The two occupants, ages 18 and 20, were 
from Colorado. The driver also had $2,700 in cash on his person in a 
manila envelope and later admitted that he intended to purchase at 
least a pound of marijuana in Boquillas, Mexico. The crossing at 
Boquillas was closed at the time, though, due to an on-going drug 
investigation. The driver was therefore on his way to the west end of 
the park in an attempt to make the purchase in Santa Elena, Mexico. 
DEA agents were called in for joint prosecution. The two men were 
arrested; the cash was seized and will likely be forfeited. [Bill 
Wright, CR, BIBE, 11/13]

00-710 - Mount Rainier NP (WA) - MVA with Fatality

A vehicle with two occupants was headed west on the main park road 
about a quarter mile from the Nisqually entrance station when the 
driver lost control and the vehicle spun into a large tree. They were 
extricated and flown to a hospital in Tacoma by two Airlift Northwest 
helicopters. One subsequently died. An investigation is underway. [Hal 
Taliaferro, MORA, 11/5]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

National Fire Plan

The National Park Service's Fire Management Leadership Board has been 
engaged in intensive meetings at the Fire Management Program Center in 
Boise for the last two weeks. They have been reviewing the National 
Fire Plan, the requirements included in the FY01 appropriations bill 
(see the November 13th Morning Report), and all other aspects of the 
Service's fire management program. That meeting wraps up today. 
Additional information on the meeting and related upcoming activities 
will appear in the MR next week.

Park Fires

None reported.

CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

INTERPRETATION AND VISITOR SERVICES

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No submissions.

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

INTERCHANGE

No submissions.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Intermountain SO (CO) - Phil Young, special agent in the support 
office, but based in Santa Fe, will retire on December 1st. Phil is 
closing out a 25-year career with the NPS, but is not quite ready for 
a full-fledged retirement. He will be joining the Office of Cultural 
Affairs with the state of New Mexico as a staff archeologist. A dinner 
will be held in his honor on Thursday, November 30th, at Peppers 
Restaurant and Cantina in Santa Fe. If you plan on attending, please 
contact Delpha Maunders via cc:Mail or at 505-988-6015 by November 
27th. If you'd like to share any stories about Phil, please submit 
them by cc:Mail to Tony Bonanno. Tony is also compiling a "memory 
book" and would appreciate messages, cards, letters, photographs, etc. 
Send them to him at PO Box 728, Santa Fe, NM 87504-0728.

Dry Tortugas NP (FL) - The park has a number of vacancies that will be 
filled over the next few months.  Due to limited housing at Fort 
Jefferson on Garden Key, the park fosters and encourages dual career 
opportunities, and reassignments will be considered.  These dual 
career opportunities may include both NPS and South Florida Parks and 
Monuments Association (SFPMA) positions.  A maintenance mechanic 
supervisor (WS-10), a park protection ranger (GS-9), a park 
interpretive ranger (GS-9) and an administrative support aid (GS-5) 
are vacant and SFPMA may need part-time sales person assistance.  The 
natural and cultural resources of this park are outstanding and 
working and living at the park offers a very unique  opportunity for 
the right individual(s).  The protection ranger and maintenance 
supervisor positions are currently on USAJobs.  The maintenance 
supervisor position closes November 24th and the protection position 
has been extended to December 12th.  Please call Bob Howard at 
305-242-7774 for further information.

Santa Monica Mountains NRA (CA) - The park is accepting applications 
for a GS-025-7/9 law enforcement ranger. Duties include the full 
spectrum of law enforcement. Patrols are by 4x4 vehicle, horse, 
mountain bike and on foot. The position is based at the Circle X 
Ranch, ten miles northwest of Malibu, and is a required occupancy 
positions. Living costs are high; all metropolitan amenities are 
available. The announcement is on USAJobs and closes on December 4th. 
Contact Jon Dick at the park for additional information.

Olympic NP (WA) - Charles "Bud" Hanify died at the age of 81 on 
October 20th. His first position in Olympic NP was on a trail crew 
building a trail into the Bailey Range, but it was never finished do 
to the start of World War II. Following service in the war, Bud spent 
36 years working for the NPS. He served as the park's telephone man, 
then as park electrician, then moved to the ranger division in 1971. 
He retired as area manager of the Hoh Ranger District in 1978. It was 
Bud's policy for the rangers to visit every backcountry ranger station 
in each month, a challenge during the winter. An area below Hoh Lake 
is commonly known as CB Flats after Bud. It's an area he frequently 
camped in. Bud was famous throughout the service for his humor and 
down-to-earth environmentalism. He would end each workday asking: "Did 
we hurt her today?" Bud is survived by his wife, Mary Lou, son Bruce 
and daughters Gretchen, Laura and Carol. A memorial service was held 
on October 26th and followed by a reception at park headquarters.

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the 
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