RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
CC: RAD Information Net
Day/date: Monday, May 6, 1991
*** NOTICE ***
There will be no morning reports during the balance of the week.
They will resume on Monday, May 13.
INCIDENTS
91-147 - National Capital Region (Maryland) - Lands Cases
U.S. Park Police investigators have just concluded investigation
and legal action on two lands cases in the region. The first
began in March, 1989, when USPP received a report that from
14,000 to 16,000 cubic yards of soil had been stolen from NPS
land in Maryland. Investigators were able to match soil from
the location with soil which had been employed as a land fill at
a nearby construction site. The Assistant United States
Attorney decided not to prosecute if an agreement for
restitution could be made, and the malefactor accordingly agreed
to restore the property, plant grass and trees on the land,
maintain the area to insure growth of the plantings, and donate
$100,000 to the Service to construct handicapped access
facilities at Ford's Theater. The second case originated in
June of 1990 when the U.S. Navy cleared trees from a tenth of an
acre of NPS land near the Suitland Federal Center in Suitland,
Maryland. The trees were taken down because of security
concerns. An agreement was reached in April whereby the Navy
purchased and ceded 1.8 acres of land located in the same area
to the NPS and agreed to plant $23,000 worth of trees and
construct a softball field and other facilities. [Report from
Jack Schamp, RAD/WASO]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No reports today.
CALENDAR
Asterisk (*) indicates new entry; plus (+) indicates revised
entry subsequent comments explain the revision. Brackets at
end of entry indicate source of information:
Six courses in a new wilderness management correspondence course
series are or soon will be open to enrollment. The courses were
developed at Colorado State University (CSU) in cooperation with
the NPS, and students who complete each course can earn CSU
academic credits or CEU's. The cost is $330 and is to be paid
by benefitting account. For further information, refer to an
updated Employee Development Opportunity Announcement dated
anddistributed on April 10th, or call project coordinator Dave
Porter at CSU at FTS 323-1057 or 303-498-1057. [Chris Perry,
EDD/WASO]
May 13-24 Law Enforcement Spanish Training, FLETC, Glynco, GA.
Funded by benefitting accounts. For application procedures,
contact your regional training office. [Carole Pfeifer,
LEEDC/FLETC]
May 14-15 Western Region Peer Counselor Training, Tucson, AZ.
Funded by benefitting accounts. For applications, contact Herb
Gercke at 415-556-1866. [Herb Gercke, RAD/WRO]
May 20-July 17 Seasonal Law Enforcement Ranger Academy,
Colorado Northwestern Community College, Rangely, CO. For
further information and application, contact Steven Whittmore at
303-675-3306. [Steven Whittmore, CNCC]
May 20-22 Third Annual Conference of the society for
Ecological Restoration, Orlando, FL. For further information,
call (813) 355-5065. [Jen Coffey, RAD/WASO]
May 29-June 1 "The Biology and Management of Martens and
Fishers: A Symposium", Laramie, WY. Sponsored by the NPS and
several federal, state and provincial agencies. For more
information, contact the Department of Zoology and Physiology,
University of Wyoming, at 307-766-2357. [Sue Consolo Murphy, YELL]
May 30-August 12 Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management
Agencies Training, FLETC, Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.
For application procedures, contact your regional training
office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
June 10-14 Oil Spill Response and Contingency Planning,
Olympic NP, Sequim, WA. Workshop for NPS personnel who direct
the development of park or regional oil/hazardous substances
spill contingency plans. Funded by benefitting account. For
application procedures, contact your regional training office;
for further information, contact course coordinator Frank Buono
at AEDC (602-638-2691). [John Donahue, EQD/WASO]
June 10-21 National Wildfire Investigation Training, Boise, ID.
Funded by benefitting accounts. Contact your regional fire
coordinator to see if your attendance qualifies for FIREPRO
funding. For application procedures, contact your regional
training office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
June 25-September 6 Basic Law Enforcement for Land Management
Agencies Training, FLETC, Glynco, GA. Funded by LEEDC/FLETC.
For application procedures, contact your regional training
office. [Carole Pfeifer, LEEDC/FLETC]
(Calendar appears in the morning report every other Monday. If
you know of a conference, meeting or training session with
Servicewide interest and implications, please provide the
specifics to Bill Halainen in Ranger Activities).
THIS DAY IN NPS SAR HISTORY...
May 6, 1955 - The superintendent and several rangers from Mammoth
Cave assisted in the rescue of a man who had broken his back in
a rock fall in a cave about 60 miles outside the park. As a
result, Mammoth Cave received a unit award for meritorious
service. [Butch Farabee, PAIS]
STAFF STATUS
Division Chief: No leave or travel scheduled.
Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Halainen at Scottish park
protection and ranger conference, Loch Lomond, Scotland (5/4-5/11); Sisto
at mountain management meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah (5/9-5/11); Marriott
at drug meeting in El Paso, Texas (5/6-5/9).
Branch of Fire: Norum on AL (5/35/10).
Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities
Telephone: FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
Telefax: FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
CompuServe: WASO-RANGER (Branch of R&VP); WASO-FIRE-WO (Branch of Fire)
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