- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Tuesday, June 4, 1996
- Date: Tues, 4 Jun 1996
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
To: All National Park Service Areas and Offices
From: Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
Day/Date: Tuesday, June 4, 1996
Broadcast: By 1000 ET
*** NOTICE ***
There was no Morning Report on Monday, June 3rd.
INCIDENTS
96-245 - Everglades (Florida) - Follow-up on Death of Employee
Funeral services for Denver Service Center architect and project supervisor
Billy Kahmann were held yesterday morning in Independence, Missouri.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Billy Kahmann Memorial at
Nativity of Mary Catholic Church, 10017 East 36th Terrace, Independence, MO.
Condolences should be sent to his parents: Mr. and Mrs. William Kahmann.
[Phil Selleck, LES, EVER]
96-251 - Shenandoah (Virginia) - Double Homicide
On Friday, May 31st, the park received notice that two women were overdue
from a several-day-long circuit hike through the Central District. An
investigation was begun which produced information that led hasty searchers
to focus on the area around Skyland Lodge and Whiteoak Canyon. Rangers Bobby
Fleming and Jonathan Holter found the bodies of the two women in a
backcountry campsite at 9 p.m. on Saturday evening. A major investigation is
now underway. Further information is being withheld at the request of the
investigatory group, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office. The Northeast
Field Area's Type II incident management team (SA Clark Guy, IC) is managing
the incident with the FBI under a unified command. Additional details
tomorrow. [Greg Stiles, SHEN]
96-252 - Denali (Alaska) - Rescue
On June 2nd, J.J.G.L., 32, a Spanish national, was ascending
from Denali Pass to the summit at 18,500 feet when he fell about 300 feet,
seriously injuring an ankle. Ranger Kevin Moore and a volunteer who were
camped at 17,000 feet and climbed to assist him. The six-hour rescue
operation included a 900-foot lowering with the assistance of other
volunteers. He was evacuated by an Army Chinook helicopter on a training
flight. [John Quinley, PAO, AFDO]
[Additional reports pending...]
FIRE ACTIVITY
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL - Level II
LARGE FIRE SUMMARY
% Est
State Unit Fire IMT 5/31 6/4 Con Con
AK State * Millers Reach T1 - 1,000 - NEC
* Graveyard Creek T2 - 1,100 - NEC
CA Riverside RU * Short -- - 1,082 100 CND
* Drip -- - 1,100 100 CND
* Reche -- - 800 100 CND
* Creag -- - 200 100 CND
Heading Notes
Unit -- Agency = BIA area; NF = national forest; RU = CA state resource
or ranger unit; RD = state ranger district; District = BLM
district; NWR = USFWS wildlife refuge
Fire -- * = newly reported fire (on this report); Cx = complex; LSS =
limited suppression strategy; CSS = containment suppression
strategy
IMT -- T1 = Type 1; T2 = Type II; ST = State Team
% Con -- Percent of fire contained
Est Con -- Estimated containment date; NEC = no estimated date of
containment; CND = fully contained; NR = no report
FIRES AND ACRES BURNED
NPS BIA BLM FWS States USFS Total
Number 1 10 5 1 69 14 100
Acres Burned 2 46 73 0 4,660 330 5,111
COMMITTED RESOURCES
Crews Engines Helicopters Airtankers Overhead
Federal 20 49 17 4 19
Non-federal 2 0 0 0 0
CURRENT SITUATION
Large fire activity has increased in Alaska, necessitating the mobilization
of Type I and Type II incident management teams. All of the large fires in
southern California have been contained. Initial attack continues in the
Southwest, where most areas continue to report very high to extreme indices.
NATIONAL OUTLOOK
Fire activity should continue in Alaska and the Southwest.
[NICC Incident Management Situation Report, 6/4]
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
No submissions.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
No submissions.
MEMORANDA
No submissions.
EXCHANGE
No submissions.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Two calendars alternate in the Morning Report on Mondays - this one, which
contains meetings, conferences and events, and a second, which contains
workshops and training courses. If you know of a conference, meeting,
workshop or training session with Servicewide interest and implications,
please send the information along. Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR
months before the event, EXCEPT in instances in which registration dates
close much earlier. Asterisks indicate new entries; brackets at end of entry
indicate source of information. Brevity is appreciated.
6/6-10* -- Annual Meeting, The American Institute for Conservation of
Historic and Artistic Works, St. Paul, MN. Contact: 202-452-
9328. [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
6/8-12 -- National Convention, Audubon Society, Washington, DC. Contact:
Gail Turner, 301-499-0219. [Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
6/9-14 -- Seventeeth Annual Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientists, Kansas
City, MO. Contact: David Wiley, 800-627-0629. [Leslie Krueger,
AQ/WASO]
6/10-14 -- "Coast to Coast: 20 Years of Progress," 20th Annual Conference,
Association of State Floodplain Managers, San Diego, CA.
Contact: Charlie Stockman, 202-343-3672. [Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
6/10-16 -- Annual Meeting, American Institute for Conservation of Historic
and Artistic Works (AIC), Norfolk, VA. Contact: AIC, 202-452-
9545 (phone) or vnyaic@aol.com. [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
6/12-15 -- "New World: Historic Natural History Collections," Annual
Meeting, Society for the Preservation of Natural History
Collections, Philadelphia, PA. Contact: Elana Benamy, Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 215-299-1137 or 1170 (phone) or
benamy@acnatsci.org. [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
6/14-18* -- "Sharing Knowledge," Montreal, Canada. Conference sponsored by
the Canadian Museums Association. Contact: 613-567-0099 (phone)
or 613-233-5438 (fax). [Diane Vogt O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
6/20-24 -- "Beyond the Banks," American River Management Symposium,
Columbus, OH. Contact: Caroline Tan, 406-549-0514. [Sheila Lee,
T&GD/WASO]
6/20-24 -- Quarterly Meeting, Interagency Wild and Scenic River Coordinating
Council, Columbus, OH. Contact: Chris Brown, 202-343-3758.
[Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
7/9-12 -- "Wetlands '96: Forming Fair and Effective Partnerships,"
Association of State Wetland Managers National Symposium,
Washington, DC. There will also be a session on wetland, flood
plain, and river on-line services and GIS applications. Contact:
518-872-1804. [Leslie Kreuger, AQ/WASO]
7/17-19 & 22-23 -- Annual Conference, Society of Ecological Restoration,
Brunswick, NJ. Contact: 608-262-9547. [Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
7/21-24 -- Rocky Mountain Field Trip on Environmental Issues in Oil and Gas
Operations, Hovenweep and nearby areas, CO. Participants on the
trip, jointly sponsored by BLM, the Colorado School of Mines and
the Service's Geologic Resources Division, will visit
environmentally and culturally sensitive areas which have oil and
gas exploration or production issues. Contact: Bruce Heise at
NP-WASO-GRD or 303-969-2017. [Bruce Heise, GRD/WASO]
8/4-7 -- 28th Annual Meeting, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation,
Sioux City, IA. Contact: Robert Gatten, 910-334-5391, or Joy
Vogt, 605-945-3452. [Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
8/14-18 -- Oregon-California Trails Association Annual Convention, Elko, NV.
Contact: Helen Sundall, 402-397-9794. [Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
8/24-26* -- Meeting, African American Museum Association, Tampa, FL.
Contact: 513-376-4611 (phone), 513-376-2007 (fax). [Diane Vogt
O'Connor, CSD/WASO]
8/25-29 -- Annual Meeting, American Fisheries Society, Dearborn, MI.
Contact: Frank Panek, 703-358-1856. [Sheila Lee, T&GD/WASO]
9/18-21* -- "Strategies for Battlefield Preservation and Partnerships," Third
National Battlefield Preservation Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
Co-sponsored by the American Battlefield Protection Program and
Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP. Contact: Hampton Tucker via
cc:Mail or at 202-343-3580. [Tanya Gossett, ABPP/WASO]
OBSERVATIONS
The following was submitted by Rebecca Shrimpton in the Information Resources
Division in WASO:
"Here is your country. Do not let anyone take it or its glory from you. Do
not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your county of its beauty, its
riches, or its romance. The world, the future, and your children shall judge
you as you deal with this sacred trust."
President Theodore Roosevelt,
speaking about the Antiquities Act
of 1906
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