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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office Day/Date: Monday, January 7, 2002 INCIDENTS 02-003 - Dry Tortugas NP (FL) - Boat Groundings On Thursday, January 3rd, two shrimp trawlers grounded within the park in separate incidents. The Coast Guard and NPS responded. The groundings caused damage to coral reefs and seagrass beds, though the extent has not yet been determined. Some fuel and oil spilled from at least one of the vessels. Efforts to offload any remaining fuel on the trawlers were to begin on Friday. The fuel is threatening a coral reef, but does not appear to pose a danger to a nearby colony of magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens). One of the vessels is a total loss; the other is expected to also become a total loss, as wave action precluded access to the trawler. The latter is close to one of the moat walls of historic Fort Jefferson, which has probably been damaged. [Rick Cook, EVER, 1/4] 02-004 - Zion NP (UT) - Rescue A group of visitors were playing catch with a boomerang while hiking down the trail below Refrigerator Canyon around 3 p.m. on January 3rd. When the boomerang landed off the trail, a member of the group attempted to retrieve it and fell about 30 feet. A seven-person park SAR team evacuated the 36-year-old man by wheeled litter back to the trailhead, where he was picked up by an ambulance and taken to a hospital in St. George, Utah. The man was found to have suffered a "burst fracture" of his L2 vertebra and was flown to Salt Lake City for further treatment. Scott Cooper was IC. [Chuck Passek, ZION, 1/6] PARKS AND PEOPLE Sequoia-Kings Canyon NP's (CA) - The park will be posting a vacancy announcement in the near future for three subdistrict rangers - one each for Ash Mountain, Lodgepole and Cedar Grove. Candidates are being sought "who can demonstrate their interest and ability to provide leadership to a diverse, resource-based ranger staff who are eager to be assigned roles above and beyond law enforcement." If you're interested, contact chief ranger Debbie Bird, Sequoia district ranger Pat Grediagin or Kings Canyon district ranger Kinsey Shilling for further details. [Debbie Bird, CR, SEKI] NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MEETING AND EVENTS CALENDAR This calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning Report. Please note: • Entries are listed no sooner than FOUR months before an event,
except in cases in which registration dates close much earlier.
********************************************************************************************** * January 11 - 12: 187th ANNIVERSARY, BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, Chalmette Battlefield, Jean Lafitte NHP&P, LA. Commemoration of the January 8, 1815 conflict, featuring military drills, cannon and musket firing, army medicine, crafts and cooking demonstrations, and period music. Park staff and volunteers in period dress will represent British and American soldiers and civilians and explain their roles in the battle. For more information, call the Chalmette Battlefield VC at 504-281-0510. [Kristy Wallisch, JELA] March 8 - 10: "DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY: THE VICTORIAN HOME," 2002 GETTYSBURG WOMEN'S HISTORY SYMPOSIUM, Gettysburg, PA. The symposium will be a celebration of Victorian life and manners during the middle 1800s. It will be held in the park's Cyclorama Center from the afternoon of March 8th through noon on March 10th. The registration fee is $95. To register, send a check or money order for that amount to Gettysburg NMP Women's History Symposium 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, PA, Attn: Becky Lyons. Make checks payable to Eastern National, Women's History Symposium, and submit them no later than March 1st. For more information, contact Becky Lyons or Terry Deal at 717-334-1124 ext. 430 or 432, or send an email to Becky_Lyons@nps.gov. [Katie Lawhon, GETT] February 24 - 28: NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION, Charleston, SC. Participants and speakers for this conference hail from institutions and professional security organizations worldwide, including the American Association of Museums (AAM), the FBI, and the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS). The theme of the 2002 conference is "Celebrating 25 Years of Training Excellence." Several sessions have been scheduled on how the events that occurred on and after September 11, 2001have impacted the security of cultural institutions throughout the United States and abroad. The National Conference offers full and one-day registration packages for $425 and $125. To register on-line and/or download a copy of the brochure, please visit http://natconf.si.edu. The web site also provides extensive information about the history and purpose of the conference, as well as details concerning registration, payment, transportation and hotel accommodations. Questions should be directed to the conference registrar at 202-633-9466. [Hollis Provins, INDE] April 6 - 7: "LEADERSHIPS THAT INFLUENCED THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG," 2002 GETTSYBURG SEMINAR, Gettysburg, PA. The seminar will explore some of the leaders, significant and otherwise, their military campaigns, and other events during the Gettysburg campaign and how they affected the outcome of the war. Attendance will be limited to 160 people. Registration is $65; after March 23rd, the late registration fee of $70 will apply. To register, send a check or money order to Gettysburg National Military Park, 2002 Seminar, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Attn: Park Ranger Evangelina Rubalcava. Make checks payable to Eastern National: Year 2002 GNMP Seminar and send no later than March 23rd. For further info, call Evangelina Rubalcava at 717-334-1124 ext. 447. [Katie Lawhon, GETT] April 14 - 19: DOI FACILITY MANAGERS CONFERENCE, Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, CA. his conference, sponsored by the Department of the Interior's Planning, Design Construction and Maintenance Council, will provide a forum for staff to meet and exchange information on facility management issues/topics and training related to facilities and infrastructure operation, maintenance, management, condition assessment, database management, repair, renovation and rehabilitation. Log on to http://www.doi.gov/conference/facilities/ for target audience and conference tracks. Watch this web site for further developments including training tracks and an on-line registration module. [Steve Hastings, HOAL] * * * * * Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA. --- ### --- |