NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Wednesday, December 6, 2000

ALMANAC

On this date in 1863, Colonel Kit Carson was ordered by General James 
H. Carleton to lead an expedition into Canyon de Chelly against "that 
notorious stronghold of the Navajos." Navajos who survived the attack 
were forced to leave their homeland and walk at least 400 miles to be 
incarcerated at Fort Sumner/Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. The Navajos 
were held there until 1868, when a new treaty was signed allowing them 
to return to a portion of their homeland. Several hundred to several 
thousand Navajos (records are unclear) died at Bosque Redondo. Canyon 
de Chelly NM is now a unit of the national park system.

INCIDENTS

00-731 - Delaware Water Gap NRA (NJ/PA) - Hunter Falling Fatality

J.B., 58, of Voorhees, New Jersey, was hunting deer from a 
tree stand off the Peters Valley-Dingmans Road around 9 a.m. on the 
morning of December 5th. J.B. shot a deer, then fell 20 to 30 feet 
while descending from the tree stand to get it. He lay on the ground 
for about three hours before he was found by other hunters in the 
area. They notified park dispatch around 12:30 p.m. and seven rangers 
responded immediately along with a local rescue squad and paramedics. 
J.B. was conscious and communicative, but complained of pains to his 
back and chest. He was flown to Morristown Hospital via a Northstar 
helicopter ambulance and was subsequently pronounced dead at the 
hospital. The cause of death is not yet known; an autopsy is being 
conducted. Rangers will be investigating. Preliminary indications are 
that J.B. was not using the safety straps available with his hunting 
stand when the accident occurred. [Mike Fernalld, PR, New Jersey 
District, DEWA, 12/5]

00-732 - Guadalupe Mountains NP (TX) - Assist; Multiple MVA's

At 8 p.m. on the evening of December 2nd, ranger Bruce Malloy was 
notified of a motor vehicle accident on U.S. 62/180 outside of the 
park. He found that several accidents had occurred on the icy road, 
including one with an injured 15-year-old girl who complained of neck 
and back pain. Shortly after Malloy arrived, a tractor-trailer 
jackknifed nearby, blocking the highway's westbound lanes. The park 
ambulance and ranger/EMT's Jeff Miller and John Cwiklik responded; 
ranger Peter Pappas provided traffic control by blocking westbound 
traffic, which was allowed to park at the Frijole Visitor Center. The 
visitor center was opened for the stranded travelers' comfort and 
staffed by park employees Liz and Rick Miller. About 50 vehicles and 
150 people, including three buses full of high school students, were 
stranded there until just before midnight, when the road was reopened. 
Pappas was the IC. The Texas Highway Patrol investigated the 
accidents. [Peter Pappas, PR, GUMO, 12/4] 

FIRE MANAGEMENT

National Fire Plan

No new information. Please check the NPS Fire Management Program 
Center web page (www.fire.nps.gov) for further information on fire 
plan projects.

Park Fires

No reported fires.

CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

INTERPRETATION AND VISITOR SERVICES

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Black Powder Interpretive Program Update - Sandy Weber (WASO) and Rick 
Martin(VICK) of the Servicewide Historic Weapons Advisory Team (SHWAT) 
met with the Risk Management Advisory Team in Phoenix on November 14th 
to discuss ways in which to strengthen the operational coordination 
between the Service's historic weapons demonstration staff and Risk 
Management Division staff. The discussions were very useful and 
positive, resulting in a commitment to identify regional liaisons who 
will work together to inspect, advise and oversee historic weapons 
interpretive demonstrations on a regular basis. Plans are also 
underway to provide more extensive orientation training on the 
historic weapons demonstrations program to all interested risk 
management staff. [Corky Mayo, I&ED/WASO]

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

INTERCHANGE

No submissions.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Office of International Affairs (WASO) - The World Bank is seeking an 
environment and public awareness training specialist to work in 
Butrint National Park in Albania. The person selected will be 
assessing training needs, developing basic ranger training for the 
park (patrolling, monitoring, resource protection, etc.), developing 
monitoring and reporting systems, designing community outreach 
activities, and contributing to environmental education programs and 
the park's developmental study. The person selected must have a 
minimum of five years experience in a protected area or national park 
ranger service and have proven skills in training local staff in basic 
ranger work, environmental education, and developing community 
liaison. He/she will likely be in Albania twice - once in January or 
February, the second time in April/May. More info on the park can be 
found at www.butrintfound.dial.pipex.com and www.historychannel.com/ 
classroom/unesco/butrint.html. Expressions of interest should be sent 
to auront@albaniaonline.net. [Barbara Pitkin, DOI]

Midwest Archeological Center (NE) - Vergil Noble, a supervisory 
archeologist in the Midwest Archeological Center, has been named 
president-elect of the Society for Historical Archeology (SHA). He 
will serve in that capacity throughout 2001 and became president in 
2002. Formed in 1967, SHA is the largest scholarly group concerned 
with the archeology of the modern world (AD 1400 - present). The main 
focus of the society is the era since the beginning of European 
exploration. Noble will be the third NPS archeologist to serve as 
president of the international organization. [Flo Six, MWRO]

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (MO) - The Gateway Chapter of 
Mothers of Drunk Driving has presented the park's ranger division with 
this year's "Law Enforcement Agency of the Year" award - a large brass 
eagle mounted on a walnut base with the following inscription: "Your 
division's time and commitment to the removal of drunk drivers and 
efforts to keep the citizens of Missouri safe has been commendable, 
making your division a true MADD difference maker." Rangers made 86 
DUI arrests between January 1st and September 30th this year. [Rod 
Danner, JEFF]

UPCOMING IN CONGRESS

The 106th Congress is still in session. Although it is dealing 
primarily with appropriations, some park-related actions may take 
place. No hearings or mark-ups are scheduled.

The NPS has increased in size by five new areas. Don Hellman, deputy 
assistant director of the Service's Office of Legislative and 
Congressional Affairs, has prepared this summary with brief 
descriptions of these new sites:

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, Ellsworth Air Force Base, 
South Dakota was established to preserve the Delta One and Delta Nine 
Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile launch control 
facilities.  The Delta One site (6.35 acres) and Delta Nine site (1.58 
acres) are approximately 11 miles apart along Interstate 90 in 
southwest South Dakota.  The sites will be managed by the National 
Park Service.

Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in 
Richmond, California, was established to commemorate the mobilization 
of the workforce on the home front during World War II, while 
specifically recognizing the contributions of women and minorities to 
this effort.  The historical park will consist of various parcels of 
less than 30 acres along the waterfront of Shipyard #3 and in the city 
of Richmond, California.  The National Park Service has authority to 
acquire from willing sellers interests in the Atchison Village worker 
housing, two day care centers, the Kaiser Permanente Field Hospital, 
and Fire Station 67A and to acquire a leasehold interest in the Ford 
Assembly Building for the purposes of establishing a World War II Home 
Front Education Center.  The park will be administered by the National 
Park Service, which is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements 
to preserve the various structures associated with the park and to 
provide technical assistance and interpretive services.

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Kiowa County, Colorado, 
was established to commemorate the massacre of about 150 mostly women, 
children, and elderly Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians along Sand Creek on 
November 29, 1864 by approximately 700 volunteer soldiers commanded by 
Colonel John M. Chivington.  The site will be established when the 
Secretary determines that sufficient lands have been acquired to 
commemorate the massacre.  The site could ultimately consist of 
approximately 12,480 acres and will be administered by the National 
Park Service.  Descendants of the massacre and members of specific 
tribes are permitted to have special access and rights to use the area 
for commemorative activities and for traditional, cultural, or 
historical observances.

First Ladies National Historic Site in Canton, Ohio, was established 
to preserve and interpret the role and history of First Ladies in 
American history.  The site will consist of two properties: 331 Market 
Avenue South, the home of First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley, and 205 
Market Avenue South, the City National Bank Building.  The site will 
be managed through a cooperative agreement with the National First 
Ladies Library, a nonprofit corporation.  

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in the San Luis Valley, 
Colorado.  The Great Sand Dunes National Monument established by 
President proclamation in 1932 is authorized to be designated a 
national park by the Secretary of the Interior upon acquisition of a 
sufficient diversity of lands.  Plans are for the acquisition of part 
of the existing Baca Ranch as well as lands west and south of the 
existing national monument to provide for a 108,000-acre national 
park.  A new 42,000-acre national preserve was established on the date 
of enactment of the new law.  The preserve is adjacent to the existing 
national monument and consists of lands formerly administered by the 
U.S. Forest Service as part of the Rio Grande National Forest.  The 
national preserve will be a new unit of the National Park System.  The 
park and preserve will be administered by the National Park Service.  
A 92,000-acre national wildlife refuge was also established from 
additional Baca Ranch lands.  An additional 14,000 acres of the Baca 
Ranch land would be transferred to the U.S. Forest Service to be added 
to the Rio Grande National Forest.

FOOTNOTE

OK, so now you're maybe wondering about Ida Saxton McKinley, the First 
Lady noted above. You can find a bio by going to www.whitehouse.gov, 
then clicking on "President and First Lady", then on "Office of the 
First Lady", then on "The First Ladies" (found in the list of topics 
on the right), then on "1850-1901". Her biography can be found at the 
bottom of the list of First Ladies from that era. . . 

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