NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, January 9, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-707 - Yosemite NP (California) - Follow-up on Storm Impacts

The high winds which blew through the park early this week have diminished,
thereby permitting clearance of trees from Highway 41 and the evacuation of
about 500 concession employees.  Supplies have arrived, and several media
crews have visited the park to survey the flood damage.  Park staff and
members of the USFS Type I incident management team were able to continue
work yesterday on restoring elements of the infrastructure within Yosemite
Valley.  Some progress has been made on water and sewer systems, but both
remain inoperable.  The Forest Service team will be leaving the park tomorrow
and will be replaced by the Service's Type I all-risk incident management
team (Jim Northup, IC).  The park will remain closed indefinitely.  No
estimates have yet been made on the cost of needed repairs.  [Scott Gediman,
PIO, YOSE]

96-720 - Cumberland Gap NHP (Kentucky/Tennessee/N.C.) - Explosives Arrest

On December 20th, ATF agents arrested convicted felon G.S. for the
purchase of a firearm at a local store.  During the search of G.S.'s
residence, the agents found and confiscated two firearms, 600 rounds of
ammunition and an undisclosed amount of TNT and other explosives. 
Investigation revealed that G.S. had been planning to blow up the
Cumberland Gap Tunnel and a nearby bridge.  G.S. had driven through the
tunnel to determine how to blow it up, and was aware that the tunnel was
monitored by video cameras.  He was committed for mental evaluation on
January 7th.  A six-count indictment has been filed against him, and the
investigation into the source of the explosives is continuing.  Additional
arrests are expected.  [Charlie Chadwell, SPR, CUGA]

96-721 - Lake Mead NRA (Arizona/Nevada) - Burglary Arrest

On November 16th, ranger Ray Klein received a report of a burglary from a
cabin at Temple Bar.  The cabin had been entered through the rear door, and
items valued at over $6,000 - including power tools and various firearms -
had been taken.  The victim told Klein that he suspected an associate,
C.G., and Klein passed the information on to investigator Ernest
Soper.  On December 3rd, Soper interviewed C.G., who admitted to taking the
items and selling them to pawn shops and individuals in Nevada.  C.G. signed
a consent form authorizing a search of his house and agreed to questioning
without an attorney present.  Soper employed the pawn tickets to recover all
of the stolen items.  C.G. was arrested on a charge of burglary in the first
degree on December 20th.  Soper also found that C.G. was on five years'
probation in California on a stolen property charge, and that he'd violated
his probation.  Additional charges are pending.  [Grace Gerken, Dispatch
Supervisor, LAME]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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EXCHANGE

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