NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Tuesday, November 19, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-621 - Golden Gate NRA (California) - Demonstration, Arrests

On October 13th, 36 members of a group called "Religious Witness with
Homeless People" were arrested for trespassing and demonstrating without a
permit in the Presidio.  On November 15th, they were found guilty in
magistrate's court.  They received fines of $75 or community service with 60
days' probation.  This was the fourth homeless demonstration on the Presidio. 
These non-permitted activities have resulted in a total of 90 arrests.  [Lt.
Kevin Hay, USPP/SFFO]

96-657 - Biscayne NP (Florida) - Follow-up on Ship Grounding

Some crew members from the grounded "Igloo Moon" had to be removed from the
ship on the night of Friday, November 15th, due to winds exceeding 50 knots
and seas of 12 to 14 feet, but the ship held up well through the period of
bad weather.  By Monday, winds had dropped significantly, and swells had
decreased to about six feet.  Buoys were placed to mark a route for the
lightering vessel "Selma Kosan" yesterday afternoon.  The "Selma Kosan" will
probably arrive this morning if the weather holds.  The 16-hour-long
lightering process could begin this afternoon.  [Gary Bremen, IO, BISC]

96-676 - National Mall (D.C.) - Demonstration, Arrests

Ten animal rights activists were arrested on Monday, November 18th, after
staging a protest in the main hall of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. 
Shortly after noon, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) chained themselves to one another to protest NASA's use of animals in
space research.  The protest disrupted activities at the museum for nearly
two hours.  The Park Police were acting under the provisions of an MOU with
the Smithsonian Institute.  [Bill Lynch, LES, NCSSO]

96-677 - Redwood NP&SP (California) - MVA with Fatality

K.G., 38, was traveling south on the Newton Drury Parkway on
the morning of November 18th when she swerved her Chevy Astro van to dodge
debris in the road, left the roadway, and struck an old growth redwood. 
K.G. died on impact.  Her 11-year-old daughter survived the accident,
and was taken to a local hospital.  National and state park personnel
assisted the highway patrol with the investigation and body removal.  It's
believed that the van was traveling at a speed of at least 65 mph when it
struck the tree.  [Carol Leggat, REDW]

96-678 - Everglades NP (Florida) - Special Event

On November 13th and 14th, rangers assisted Secret Service agents in the
protection of former President George Bush as he hosted and participated in
the third annual George Bush Bonefish Tournament in Islamorada, Florida. 
Guests included broadcaster Curt Gowdy and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. 
Most of the areas fished by tournament anglers were within park waters in
Florida Bay.  Proceeds from registration fees benefit the Barbara Bush
Foundation for Family Literacy and the Florida Conservation Fund.  The latter
is earmarked for conservation efforts within the Everglades and Florida Bay. 
Florida Bay District DR Dave Fowler coordinated operations with the Secret
Service.  [Dave King, DR, Key Largo District, EVER]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

National Response Team Plan - In an effort to reduce administrative burdens
on agencies, the National Response Team (NRT) - an interagency task force
established to coordinate major emergency spill response incidents - has
developed the "One Plan" guidance program.  The "One Plan," also known as the
integrated contingency plan (ICP), provides a mechanism for consolidating
multiple facility response plans into a single plan for use in both daily
operations and emergency situations.  It was developed for parks and other
federal facilities that require multiple hazardous waste management and
emergency spill response plans.  Its use is not required, but is intended
solely to reduce the administrative burden on parks and federal facilities by
streamlining waste management and emergency response functions.  It can be
used to replace many existing OSHA, EPA, USCG, RSPA, DOT, and MMS oil and
hazardous substances management and facility response plans with a single
plan.  Its use is not suited to all situations.  Parks without large capacity
fuel storage tanks, which are not located near surface waters, which do not
meet small or large quantity hazardous waste generator requirements, or which
do not have pipelines in or near the park may not benefit from undertaking
the "One Plan" process.  Of special to the Service, however, is the
integration of the incident command system (ICS) into the "One Plan"
guidance, which makes the program ideal for compatibility with ICS emergency
response activities in parks.  A copy can be obtained by contacting EPA's
Superfund hotline (1-800-424-9346) or via Internet at http://www.epa.
gov/swercepp.  For additional information on "One Plan's" suitability for a
specific park's use, please contact Hank Brightman, hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention team (WASO-PFMD) at (202) 343-7025. 
[John Gingles, PFMD/WASO]

MEMORANDA

No submissions.

EXCHANGE

River Visitor Counts - Upper Delaware SRR is interested in hearing from any
park that uses a mechanical means for counting river/stream recreationists,
i.e. canoers, boaters, kayakers, tubers, etc.  The linear range of the
counter needs to be between 500 and 600 feet.  Any ideas or leads would be
appreciated.  Contact Michael Reuber at 914-557-0222 or via cc:Mail at UPDE
South District Office.  

OBSERVATIONS

This section, which will now appear intermittently in the Morning Report,
contains observations regarding the National Park Service, the System and the
several professions of park employees.  Today's quote was passed along by Bud
Rice in the Alaska Field Area Office:

"No other nation on earth so swiftly wasted its birthright; no other, in
time, made such an effort to save what was left.  We need to remind ourselves
constantly that the land itself is what must be saved; that, like liberty,
democracy, and all the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution, like
everything we truly value to the point where we might die for it, the
heritage of our lands is not a fact, but a responsibility, an obligation, a
task.  A pleasure."

                                                 Author Wallace Stegner

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