NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Wednesday, January 31, 2001

INCIDENTS

01-028 - Saguaro NP (AZ) - ARPA Case

On January 21st, rangers saw a man on lower Tanque Verde Ridge, an 
area of the Rincon Mountain District that is closed to off-trail 
travel and rich in archeological resources. They intercepted the man 
and his juvenile son on their way out of the park. They had a dog off 
leash and also had wildflowers in their possession. When asked if he 
had anything else that he'd gathered from the park, the man pulled 
some rock chunks with petroglyphs on them from his fanny pack along 
with a hammer and a large screwdriver. All were confiscated. The man 
showed the rangers where he'd gotten the petroglyph. A section of a 
petroglyph panel measuring a foot square had been removed, breaking 
into several pieces in the process. A consent search of his vehicle 
was conducted, but no further evidence was found. Rangers are working 
closely with an NPS archeologist at the Western Archeological 
Conservation Center, special agents, and the U.S. Attorney's Office on 
an ARPA complaint against the father. [Chuck Scott, Acting CR, SAGU, 
1/30]

                [Additional reports pending....]

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 fires reported.

CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No submissions.

INTERPRETATION AND VISITOR SERVICES

No submissions.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Reports pending.

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

INTERCHANGE

No submissions.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Ranger Activities Division, WASO (DC) - A farewell luncheon has been 
scheduled for Chris Andress for Tuesday, February 20th, at 11:30 a.m. 
at the Marriott Hotel at 1330 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.  
This will be a buffet meal;  the cost will be $17. If you plan on 
attending , please contact Tarsha Edwards at 202-208-4874.

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