NPS Morning Report - Friday, April 5, 2002



                           NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                              MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Friday, April 5, 2002

INCIDENTS

02-086 - Yosemite NP (CA) - Rescue

On the afternoon of March 26th, J.R., 21, of Laguna Niguel,
California, was injured in an off-trail fall near Mirror Lake. J.R.
fell 20 and 30 feet down granite slabs while scrambling on the north side
of Tenaya Canyon. The rescue involved rangers, fire personnel, maintenance
staff, volunteer SAR team members, a Navy rescue helicopter from NAS
Lemoore, and an Air Med Team air ambulance from Modesto. J.R.'s
companions reported his fall late in the afternoon with about three hours
of daylight remaining. Ranger Jack Hoeflich quickly hiked to the scene and
found that J.R. had sustained significant head and lower leg injuries
and needed to be airlifted from the area. Additional rescuers followed
Hoeflich to the scene, providing advanced life support and packaging
J.R. for a hoist evacuation. The navy helicopter hoisted J.R. from
the slope and flew him to Ahwahnee Meadow in Yosemite Valley. There he was
transferred to the waiting helicopter ambulance and flown directly to
Doctors Hospital in Modesto, where he was treated for an ankle fracture and
a serious scalp laceration. [Jim Tucker, IC/DR, Valley District, YOSE, 4/3]

02-087 - Virgin Islands NS VI) - Illegal Immigrants

On March 31st, the Coast Guard Intelligence Center in San Juan contacted
the park and advised that six men who appeared to be Middle Eastern in
origin had been picked up by boat in the British Virgin Islands and were to
be smuggled into the U.S. Virgin Islands. Rangers went to Leinster Bay on
St. John, a heavily-used drop-off area for smugglers, and saw five men
walking along the road. They were contacted and found to be from Cuba. The
men were arrested, detained, and later transferred to INS in St. Thomas for
processing. [Steve Clark, CR, VIIS, 4/3]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

Park Fire Situation

No new fires reported.

Park Fire Danger

Extreme - N/A
Very High - N/A
High - Hawaii Volcanoes NP, Bent's Old Fort NHS, Rocky Mountain NP

[NPS Situation Summary Report, 4/4]

PARKS AND PEOPLE

Apostle Islands NL (WI) - Bob Krumenaker, currently deputy superintendent
of Valley Forge NHP, has been named the park's new superintendent,
succeeding John Neal, who is retiring. He will EOD on May 5th. Before
Valley Forge, Krumenaker was deputy associate regional director for
planning, resource stewardship and science in Northeast Region. He has also
served as chief natural and cultural resources at Shenandoah, chief of NRM
in Southwest Region, and resource management specialist at Isle Royale,
where he coordinated the long-running wolf-moose study. Krumenaker is also
current president of the George Wright Society, an organization dedicated
to the protection, preservation and management of natural and cultural
resources of national parks and protected areas in North America and around
the world. [MWRO]

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Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation
and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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