NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Monday, June 4, 2001

INCIDENTS

99-24 - Redwood N&SP (CA) - Follow-up: Poaching

On May 11th, D."M."O., 71, of Requa, California, was 
convicted in federal court on two counts of Lacey Act violations for 
possessing and transporting two cow elk taken illegally within the 
park. D.O. also pled guilty to one count of being a felon in 
possession of a firearm. An observant state game warden saw the elk 
carcasses hanging on D.O.'s property, which lies within the Yurok 
Reservation, in January, 1999. The warden alerted state and NPS 
rangers and BIA police. Two kill sites were found along the park's 
Coastal Drive the next day, and a search warrant was subsequently 
executed at D.O.'s residence. DNA analysis was conducted by the 
state's fish and game crime lab. The animal remains recovered from the 
kill sites were positively matched with the carcasses at the D.O. 
residence. FWS special agents were of great assistance on the Lacey 
Act aspects of the investigations, and ATF assisted with the firearms 
aspects of the case. The U.S. Attorney's Office was very helpful in 
prosecution of these and numerous other cases occurring in the parks. 
D.O. will be sentenced on September 18th. He faces $100,000 in fines 
and up to a year in prison for each Lacey Act violation and up to ten 
years and $250,000 in fines for the federal firearms violations. The 
NPS will also seek restitution and replacement costs associated with 
the case. Dave Bauer was the lead ranger on the case. [Bob Martin, CR, 
REDW, 5/31]

00-579 - National Capital Parks (DC) - Follow-up: Arrest of Fugitive

Park Police detectives arrested 41-year-old R.B. on two 
outstanding D.C. Superior Court warrants on the night of June 1st. 
R.B. was being sought by Park Police for destruction of government 
property on Columbia Island last August. He was charged with 
vandalizing park benches and restrooms with swastikas and other 
hate-related graffiti. R.B. was recently released from federal prison 
after serving six months for similar violations along George 
Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia. The detectives who had been 
looking for R.B. found him walking along the parkway bike path near 
the Arlington Memorial Bridge. [Sgt. R. MacLean, USPP, NCR, 6/4]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

National Fire Situation - Preparedness Level II

One new large fire was reported in southern California yesterday. 
Three large fires were contained in Montana, New Mexico and Colorado. 
Initial attack was light in most areas. Fire indices were very high to 
extreme in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah.

NICC has posted a FIRE WEATHER WATCH for strong winds and low relative 
humidity in the mountains and western portion of New Mexico.

National Resource Status (Five Day Trend)

Date                    5/31    6/1     6/2     6/3     6/4

Crews                   112     112     105     80      145
Engines                 338     353     247     199     233
Helicopters             40      39      31      31      35
Air Tankers             0       1       0       2       2
Overhead                610     574     681     611     550

Park Fire Situation

Lassen Volcanic NP (CA) - Reduced winter precipitation and a warm and 
dry spring have resulted in conditions in the park that normally don't 
occur until July and August. Initial attack has so far been moderate. 
The outlook is for a very active fire season.

Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP (CA) - Fire danger in the park was very 
high until a recent cooling trend and is now moderate. 

Zion NP (UT) - Red flag conditions were again posted for the park and 
area during the weekend. Highs ran around 100 degrees, with 40 mph 
winds.

Guadalupe Mountains NP (TX) - Red flag conditions continued in the 
park during the weekend. All resources have been released from the 
Hidden Complex; some were reassigned to the Trap and Skeet Fire on the 
Mescalero Reservation. 

Park Fire Danger

Extreme         Crater Lake NP, Lake Mead NRA, Hawaii Volcanoes NP, 
                Carlsbad Caverns NP, Guadalupe Mountains NP
Very High       Grand Canyon NP, Zion NP
High            Mojave NP, Joshua Tree NP, Everglades NP

[NPS Situation Summary Report, 6/3; NICC Incident Management Situation 
Report, 6/4 - the full report can be found at 
http://www.nifc.gov/news/sitreprt.pdf]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Underground Railway Network - The National Underground Railroad 
"Network to Freedom" program has accepted its first members.  The 
network is a diverse collection of historic sites, properties, 
facilities and programs that have a verifiable association with the 
Underground Railroad. They have all been nominated and evaluated for 
their association to the Underground Railroad and have met certain 
established criteria. Elements used to evaluate members will be 
featured on a network database on the program's web site 
(http://www.cr.nps.gov/ugrr).  

o  Sites: Fort Pulaski NM (GA); Free State Capitol (KS); Jackson 
   Homestead (MA); William Ingersoll Bowditch House (MA); 
   Tappan-Philbrick House (MA); The Wayside (MA); Forks of the Road 
   Enslavement Market Terminus (MS); John P. Parker House (OH); Rokeby 
   Museum (VT); and Milton House Museum (WI).

o  Programs: Meet Mary Pleasant/Oh Freedom (CA); Reclaiming the Past 
   Juneteenth Celebration (CA); The Underground Railroad Experience in 
   Maryland (MD); An Impressive Lesson for My Children (MA); Murphy 
   Orchards (NY); Voices of Freedom (OH); The Underground Railroad & 
   Its Connection to the Ohio River (OH); A Forge for Freedom (OH); 
   Blazing Trails to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Texas (TX); 
   and Milton House Museum (WI).

o  Facilities: Clinton Lake Museum (KS); Watkins Community Museum of 
   History (KS); Catoctin Lake Museum (MD); Maryland State Archives 
   (MD); and the Racine Heritage Museum (WI).

Membership in the new network will provide national recognition to 
well-documented historic sites, programs, and facilities, and will 
foster coordination among them. The National Park Service will work 
with Underground Railroad partners to identify funding for 
identification, documentation, preservation, and commemoration 
activities. Members will have the privilege of using and displaying 
the new Underground Railroad Network logo.  The program contact and 
national coordinator is Dianne Miller. [Angela Herring, MWRO]

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MEETING AND EVENTS CALENDAR

This calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning 
Report. Please note:

o  Entries are listed no sooner than FOUR months before an event, 
   except in cases in which registration dates close much earlier. 
o  Brevity in submissions is required and appreciated.
o  Please send along web sites for additional information where 
   possible.
o  Asterisks (*) indicate new entries. 

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*June 3 - 13: PONY EXPRESS RE-RIDE, St. Joseph, Missouri, to 
Sacramento, California. For more information, contact the National 
Pony Express Association, PO Box 236, Pollock Pines, CA 95726, or 
check the associated web page: 
http://www.xphomestation.com/2001-reride.html. [Sheila Lee, NCRC/WASO]

*June 10 - 15: THE GREAT OUTDOORS WEEK, Washington, DC. For more 
information, check their web site at http://www.funoutdoors.com. 
[Sheila Lee, NCRC/WASO]

* June 18 - 21: COASTAL AND ESTUARINE WETLAND RESTORATION INTO THE NEW 
MILLENNIUM, New Orleans, LA. For more information, contact the 
Association of State Wetland Managers at http://www.aswm.org. [Sheila 
Lee, NCRC/WASO]

* June 23 - 27: NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, 
Rockcastle, KY. For more information, call 256-852-1200 or check their 
web site: http://www.caves.org/~nss. [Sheila Lee, NCRC/WASO]

* July 13 - 20: APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONFERENCE, Shippensburg, PA. Call 
304-535-6331. [Sheila Lee, NCRC/WASO]

* July 31 - August 2: NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 
Washington, DC. [NLC Journal]

* August (dates TBA): The Washington Office begins moving from the 
Department of Interior building at 18th and C Streets to its new 
office on 1800 G Street. The current timetable for the move is for it 
to begin in late August. [May Monthly Managers Report, WASO]

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The Morning Report solicits entries from the field and central offices 
for its daily and weekly sections (below). The general rule is that 
submissions, whatever the category, should pertain to operations, be 
useful to the field, and have broad significance across the agency. 
Additional details on submission criteria are available from the 
editor at any time (Bill Halainen at NP-DEWA, or 
Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). Ask for either incident reporting criteria 
(issued by WASO, June 18, 2000) or general criteria. 

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