NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, December 4, 1996

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-666 - Redwood NP&SP (California) - Follow-up on Search

Search efforts continue for the third member of the capsized 40-foot crab
boat "Beach King", but have so far been fruitless.  The vessel's 200-gallon
diesel fuel tank was found to have entirely drained.  California Fish and
Game and Coast Guard spill teams are on scene, working on the spill and
assessing impacts on park resources.  The Coast Guard is also attempting to
determine the best way of disposing of the remains of the vessel.  [Carol
Leggat, Area Ranger, REDW]

96-671 - Natural Resources Program Center (Colorado) - Death of Employee

John Christiano, chief of the Air Resources Division, died yesterday of
injuries sustained in a car accident on Tuesday, November 26th.  Additional
details on funeral arrangements and other matters will appear in tomorrow's
Morning Report.  [Karen Malkin, MIB/WASO]

96-673 - Joshua Tree NP (California) - Rescue

On November 25th, rangers received a report that a visitor had fallen in the
boulder field between Willow Hole and Oh-Bye-Yo-Yo cutoff in the Wonderland
of Rocks.  A.M., 27, of Indio, California, was rock hopping when he
broke his ankle while landing on a rock, then tumbled another 20 feet. 
Rangers treated him for an open fracture, got him on a litter, then began the
slow, hand-to-hand carryout through the boulder field.  He was transported by
ambulance to a hospital in Palm Springs for treatment.  [Judy Bartzatt, CR,
JOTR]

96-674 - Joshua Tree NP (California) - Rescue

P.A., 26, fell 35 feet and landed on a small ledge on a rock formation
called "The Blob" while climbing in Hidden Valley on November 24th.  Rangers
climbed to his location and performed a 100-foot technical lowering, then
transported him to a hospital.  P.A. was being top-roped on a climb of "The
Blob" when a miscommunication with his belayer led to an excess of slack in
the rope.  The belayer was unable to stop the fall, so P.A. fell the entire
distance to the ledge.  [Judy Bartzatt, CR, JOTR]

96-675 - Joshua Tree NP (California) - Rescue

W.T., 40, was leading a bolted route on Turtle Rock on November
30th when he fell about 20 feet, striking a small ledge en route and
fracturing his left ankle.  He was lowered to the ground by his son, who was
belaying him.  Rangers and paramedics treated him and carried him to an
ambulance for transport to a hospital.  [Scott Stevens, Acting CR, JOTR]

96-676 - Assateague Island NS (Maryland/Virginia) - Accidental Shooting

On the morning of December 2nd, rangers Robert Thomas and Richard Shreffler
responded to a report of a hunting accident with a gunshot wound near the
park's south boundary.  They found that E.C., 47, had been struck in
the right leg by a 12 gauge rifled slug which had been fired by his partner,
who was about 35 yards away from him at the time.  The slug had struck and
killed a deer before hitting E.C.  E.C. was evacuated by a state police
helicopter which had to land in a nearby marsh.  The investigation determined
that the thickness of the brush in the area made E.C. virtually invisible to
his partner, even though he was wearing a florescent coat and hat.  An
emergency, solar-powered phone, recently installed in the area, was used by
E.C.'s partner to summon help.  [John C. Burns, CR, ASIS]

                   [Additional reports pending...]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No reports.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

EXCHANGE

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