NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Tuesday, March 20, 2001

INCIDENTS

01-094 - Baltimore Washington Parkway (MD) - Shooting Incident

Two USPP plainclothes officers attempted to execute a federal criminal 
arrest warrant on a man at a residence in Oxon Hill around 7 a.m. on 
March 15th. The man resisted arrest and tried to hit one of the 
officers with his vehicle. That officer drew and fired his weapon. A 
vehicle pursuit ensued that continued into the District of Columbia 
and ended up at a Beltway ramp when the vehicle went off the road and 
got stuck in a ditch. The man was arrested without further incident. 
Neither the man nor the officers sustained any injuries. The warrant 
they were executing was for a drug violation and fleeing to elude. 
[Sgt. R. MacLean, USPP, NCR, 3/19]

01-095 - Yellowstone NP (WY) - Film Permit Violations

On February 27th, a 30-minute episode entitled "A Winter in 
Yellowstone" was broadcast in the Seattle area on a weekly TV show. 
The show had a segment in which the host walked off the boardwalk in a 
thermal basin, dug a hole, and placed a piece of chicken in it. He 
later was shown to be digging up what appeared to be a cooked piece of 
chicken. Although the production company maintained that this was done 
to demonstrate the hot and dangerous temperatures in geyser basins, 
the park viewed it as demonstrating the old practice of attempting to 
cook food in thermal areas. Most of the filming in January occurred 
with an NPS monitor present,  but this stunt was not originally 
scripted and was conducted at a time when the monitor was absent. The 
law enforcement office and public affairs contacted the company and 
came to an agreement with them. The company has apologized publicly, 
and has emphasized the safety and resource damage aspects of the stunt 
in a statement on their web site and on a short segment that will 
appear in an upcoming edition of the weekly show. The company was 
cited under 36 CFR for violating the terms of their filming permit and 
for digging up mineral resources. They've been placed on a "full 
monitoring" probation for any filming they conduct in the park over 
the next two years. [Dick Divine, SA, YELL, 3/15]

01-096 - Gulf Islands NS (FL/MS) - Bee Sting Fatality

S.L., a 29-year-old Mississippi resident, died on March 
19th after receiving multiple insect stings while on Horn Island.  
S.L. was stung on the ear, mouth, and ankle Sunday afternoon, 
apparently by bees or wasps. He was on the west tip of the island with 
his father when the incident occurred. Not long after being stung, 
S.L. began exhibiting symptoms of anaphylactic shock and 
collapsed. A short while later, the father flagged down a doctor on a 
passing boat. The doctor found S.L. pulseless and began 
administering CPR. They radioed the Coast Guard, then transported him 
by boat to Biloxi. Further efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and 
he was pronounced dead. Rangers are attempting to find the nest and 
determine if further action is necessary. [Mark Lewis, DR, GUIS, 3/19] 

                   [Additional reports pending....]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

National Fire Plan

The National Park Service's Human Resources Franchise Office has 
received approval from WASO on a standard position description for 
GS-0462-5/6 lead forestry technician (helitack), and verbal approval 
on 6c coverage as a primary position. The announcements opened 
yesterday.  These are open continuous announcements - as has been the 
case with other positions - with a closing date of August 5th. The 
first cut-off date will be March 30th,  with certificates issued to 
parks on the week of April 9th. The positions covered under these 
certificates are DINO, EVER, GRTE, LAKE, MEVE, OZAR, WICA, and ZION.

The announcements can be found on the NPS fire jobs web site. The 
announcement numbers are NPS FIREJOBS 01-042 and NPS FIREJOBS 01-043.

Park Fires

Great Smoky Mountains NP (NC/TN) - The park conducted prescribed burns 
on Cades Cover Fields yesterday. The prescription covered an estimated 
166 acres. The complexity of the burn was determined to below, and the 
park had contingency resources on hand. The relative humidity was 
between 25% and 40%; rain was forecast after midnight.

[Debee Schwarz, NPS Fire Information, WASO, 3/19; Mike Warren, NPS 
FMPC, 3/19]

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Virgin Islands NP (VI) - The park is recruiting for a reassignment to 
a GS-9 park ranger (LE) position. The announcement number is 
VIIS-01-02; it closes on April 6th. There's a one-bedroom house as the 
designated housing for this positions. For more information, please 
see the full announcement on USA Jobs and/or call Schuler Brown, 
chief, Division of Resources Protection and Visitor Services, at 
340-776-6201 ext. 237, or Mindy Silva, personnel management 
specialist, at 340-776-6201ext. 258. [Mindy Silva, VIIS]

Gettysburg NMP/Eisenhower NHS (PA) - The park is recruiting for a 
GS-341-13 administrative officer. The announcement is GETT-01-15 and 
it closes on April 16th. The parks are located near several large 
metropolitan areas. Together, they receive about 1.7 million visitors 
annually. All essential facilities and services may be found in 
Gettysburg. If you have any questions, please contact Joan Howard at 
717-334-1576. [Carmen Doyle, GETT]

Appalachian Trail Lands Office (WV) - The office has posted a vacancy 
announcement for a GS-12/13 appraiser. The position is located in 
Martinsburg, West Virginia, and can be filled at either grade level. 
Promotion potential is to GS-13. The announcement number is 
WASO-01-015. Interested applicants can find the announcement at 
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/IR7882.htm. The  position is 
being announced as all sources, which includes accepting applicants 
from outside the federal service. If you have any questions, contact 
Donald T. King, chief, Land Acquisition Field Office, at 304-263-4943. 
[Avanell Sinnett, AT Lands Office]

ADDITIONAL SECTIONS

Regular sections not appearing today but available at all times for 
submissions:

o       Natural/Cultural Resource Management - Significant 
        developments in these fields.
o       Interpretation/Visitor Services - Significant developments in 
        these fields.
o       Operational Notes - Any information of consequence to the 
        field on operational matters.
o       Memoranda - Memoranda from WASO to the field on all 
        operational matters.
o       Interchange - Requests or offers from any park or office for 
        materials, information or any other operational needs.
o       Film at 11 - Reports on current or upcoming print or 
        electronic media stories on the NPS.

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