NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, January 25, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-20 - Biscayne (Florida) - Drug Seizure

On the afternoon of January 20th, rangers recovered seveal bales of cocaine
from park waters in an area known as Triumph Reef.  The cocaine is believed to
be part of a larger seizure which Customs made in a state park just south of
Biscayne.  The search for the cocaine was begun by Customs when a civilian boat
captain reported seeing the bales tied together and entangled in a row of
lobster trap lines.  To date, this joint seizure has resulted in the recovery
of about 341 pounds of cocaine.  The estimated street value has been placed at
about $2.8 million.  [David Pharo, BISC]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes today.

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Here's today's entry, sent along by Steve Elkinton in WASO::

"The national parks of America include areas of the noblest and most
diversified scenic sublimity easily accessible to the world; nevertheless, it
is their chiefest glory that they are among the completest expressions of
earth's history.  The American people is waking rapidly to the magnitude of its
scenic possession; it has yet to learn to appreciate it."

                                     Robert Sterling Yard, "The Book of
                                     the National Parks," 1919

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