NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, October 31, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-639 - Lava Beds NM (California) - Follow-up on Mushroom Poaching

Mushroom hunting activity continues to increase in the area around the park
as groups of hunters move south to escape storms in the Northwest.  On
October 28th, chief ranger Terry Harris contacted the occupants of a convoy
of 13 vehicles who were transporting mushrooms through the park.  A variety
of handguns and knives were found in the vehicles.  Visitor complaints
continue regarding these activities.  Incidents of threats and confrontations
continue in the Modoc National Forest outside the park.  [CRO, LABE]

96-647 - C&O Canal NHP (Maryland/D.C.) - EMS Assist; Life Saved

When ranger Jim Brown stopped at a gas station in Poolesville to refuel his
patrol vehicle on October 30th, he saw some of the attendants moving around a
small white sedan.  Moments later, one of them told Brown that there was an
unconscious man slumped over in the front seat of the car.  Brown notified
dispatch, then began CPR.  County medics arrived and began administered
advanced life support measures.  The victim's pulse was restored prior to
transport to a hospital.  He is now in the hospital and in stable condition. 
[Tom Nash, DR, CHOH]

96-648 - Lake Mead NRA (Arizona/Nevada) - MVA with Two Fatalities

A head-on collision occurred on U.S. 93 just south of the visitor center on
Saturday, October 26th.  Two people were killed and two more are in critical
condition in a hospital in Las Vegas.  Alcohol may have been a contributing
factor.  Park, city and state fire and police units and a helicopter were
involved in the incident.  The highway was closed for about five hours. 
[Malcolm DeMunbrun, CI, LAME]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Wolf Reintroduction Update

A total of 40 wolves are now running free in the greater Yellowstone area,
and 32 of these live almost exclusively inside the park.  Most of the wolves
live in eight groups which should breed next February and whelp in April;
they should produce about 25 pups.  Another dozen wolves are still in
acclimation pens and will be released in March or April.  A film on the
reintroduction of wolves in the park will appear on TBS at 9 p.m. ET on
Sunday, November 3rd.  [Mike Phillips, Wolf Restoration Project Leader, YELL]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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EXCHANGE

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