NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, January 23, 1997

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

96-668 - Adams NHS (Massachusetts) - Follow-up on Burglary

Two of the four books stolen from the park's library on November 11th have
been recovered.  FBI agents and Quincy Police Department detectives located
the two books - the "Biblia Cu Concordantus Veteris," printed in German in
1521, and the Holy Bible, given to President John Quincy Adams by Mendi
People in 1838 - at an exercise facility near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on
January 10th.  The Service is continuing to offer a $10,000 reward to anyone
who provides information leading to the successful recovery of the two books
still missing  - "Iththyologie Ou Histoire Naturelle Generale," by L'Auteur
and Francois De La Garde (printed in Berlin in 1785) and a 1772 English
edition of the Holy Bible - and the arrest and prosecution of the person or
persons who stole the four books.  [Marianne Peak, Superintendent, ADAM,
1/16]

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

The snow which has been falling on the park changed over to rain yesterday
morning, and a small stream flood advisory was issued for the remainder of
the day.  Rain was also reported at Tuolumne Meadows, elevation 8,592 feet. 
Although the weather was uncooperative, progress was made on the disabled
sewer system.  Concrete was poured for the manhole.  It will take 18 hours
for the concrete to cure and for pump tests to be completed; toilets should
again be available in the valley some time today.  Progress has also been
made on the lift station at the El Portal trailer park, and toilets there are
again in operation.  The Wawona entrance station opened as planned at noon
yesterday, and representatives from the media were on hand to record the
event.  Commercial power was restored to Wawona at 2:20 p.m.  Yosemite Valley
remains closed to all but emergency personnel and their families.  A major
storm is forecast for the weekend, and appropriate contingency plans are
being prepared.  A total of 560 people are currently committed to the
incident.  [Amy Vanderbilt, IO, and Greg Stiles, Plans Chief, "Highwater '97A
Incident", YOSE, 1/22]

97-26 - Channel Islands NP (California) - ARPA/NAGPRA Arrests

On Tuesday, January 14th, NPS rangers and investigators concluded a two-year-
long undercover investigation into Archeological Resource Protection Act
(ARPA) and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
violations on East Santa Cruz Island.  The investigation revealed that
employees and hunting guides associated with a company called Island
Adventures had been responsible for the disturbance of Chumash Indian burial
sites, the removal of human remains, and the collection of archeological
artifacts.  Rangers and investigators, with assistance from the Santa Barbara
County Sheriffs Department, served warrants at two island locations and one
mainland location.  B.K., a commercial hunting guide, was arrested on
state felony charges for the wanton and irreparable destruction of a grave
site and the removal of human remains.  Two other commercial guides, D.M.
and R.B., were arrested on misdemeanor violations.  All three were
released on bail, and B.K. has returned to the island.  The investigation
continues, and additional charges are being considered against Island
Adventures owner J.O.  Guides and island residents have been openly
hostile to rangers, and have told undercover officers that they intend to
commit acts of violence and retribution against both rangers and park
facilities.  The situation is further aggravated by the upcoming change in
land ownership, which will occur on February 10th (a recent public law
directs that the East Santa Cruz Island will no longer be jointly owned, 
with a quarter of the land still in private hands, and will now be wholly
owned by the federal government).  The combination of these two events has
created a potentially dangerous situation for NPS personnel.  Members of the
Pacific West Field Area special events team are helping park staff protect
resources and ensure that the property ownership transition proceeds
smoothly.  While some area newspapers have been supportive, several have been
highly critical of NPS searches, arrests and overall presence on the islands. 
[Timothy Simonds, LAME, 1/21]

97-27 - Golden Gate NRA (California) - Pipe Bomb Arrest

On January 17th, Park Police officers Noel Wagner and Greg Chan observed a
speeding vehicle in the vicinity of Fort Mason.  When they stopped the
vehicle, they found that one of its occupants had an open container of
alcohol.  The officers asked all three occupants to step out of the car, at
which point one of them became very excited, yelling "I am not going down for
this."  He then ran into the parking lot of the nearby Marina Safeway store. 
Wagner and Chan chased him down; a struggle ensued, and it was only with
difficulty that he was finally handcuffed.  The man then yelled, "It's in my
left leg!"  The officers patted him down and found an 18-inch-long pipe in
his pants, which the man said was a bomb.  The city police department's bomb
disposal unit was summoned, and they safely detonated the pipe bomb.  The
device was found to contain gunpowder and glass, designed for fragmentation
and maiming.  The three were charged with possession of explosives; two of
the suspects were also charged with possession of two and a half grams of
methamphetamine and a small quantity of marijuana.  A consent search of the
home of the man who had the bomb, a long-time methamphetamine user, led to
the discovery of a hot, 220-volt wire lying near his bed.  The man said that
he intended to use it to shock anyone who attacked him while he was sleeping. 
[Lt. Kevin Hay, USPP, GOGA, 1/22]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Report pending.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

PEB Software - The Department of Treasury at FLETC has advised the Service
that there is an error in the PEB software used to calculate fitness scores. 
If this program is used to calculate fitness scores in 1997, it may result in
all previous records becoming inaccessible.  Physical fitness coordinators
should not use the software issued to them during training, no matter how
long ago the training was received.  This also includes the software
contained in the transition package provided to fitness coordinators in 1996. 
Corrected software will be disseminated to fitness coordinators as soon as it
is received from Treasury.  [Darlene Koontz, NPS/FLETC]

Award Nominations - The Interagency Committee on Women in Federal Law
Enforcement (ICWIFLE) is inviting nominations for its two annual awards - the
Julie Y. Cross award, which honors an outstanding woman in the field of
federal law enforcement, and the Doris McCrosson manager award, which
recognizes the contributions of a federal manager toward the enhancement and
promotion of career opportunities for women in law enforcement.  Each agency
may submit two nominations for each award.  Nominations have to be received
by ICWIFLE by April 11th, so interested offices should submit their
nominations to Bob Marriott in Ranger Activities, WASO, as soon as possible. 
[Bob Marriott, RAD/WASO]

MEMORANDA

"FY 1997 Approved Project Funding: Housing/FLHP/Haz-Mat/Dams," signed on
January 17th by the associate director, park operations, and sent to all
field directors and the manager of Denver Service Center.  The memo transmits
the approved FY 97 project lists for housing initiative funds, federal lands
highway program funding, solid and hazardous waste project funding, and dams
funding.  Specific program guidance for each funding source is included in
the attachments.  Please contact your field area program representative for
copies of the memo and attachments.

EXCHANGE

No submissions.

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.  

"'Interpretive work' in any park service has a much wider connotation, of
course, than the public service represented by nature study trips and history
tours.  It means also research and much of the investigation upon which
preservation, management, and use of natural and historical values of park
areas are based."

                                  Carl P. Russell, from "Quotable
                                  Quotes: Relating to Conservation in
                                  General and the National Parks in
                                  Particular," Department of
                                  Interior, 1951

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